Barivel Weight (2024)

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How heavy is Barivel the cat? ›

Barivel is over. 3ft long and weighs 47lbs! 😱

The largest breed of domestic cat, excluding hybrids, is the Maine Coon. The Maine Coons' average height (at the shoulders) is 10–18 inches. Their average length is up to 40 inches. Their average weight 10–25 lbs.

Maine Coons are considered to be a very large breed of cats. Size is one of their most recognizable features. The average male cat weighs between 15 and 25 pounds (6.8 and 11.34 kg) and female Maine Coons weigh about 10% less than males – around 10-15 pounds (4.54-6.8 kg).

In 1986, at the age of nine years old, Jaipur measured 3.32 m (10 ft 11 in) long from nose to tail tip and weighed 423 kg (932 lb). The largest living cat is Hercules, an adult male liger (lion x tigress hybrid) currently housed at Myrtle Beach Safari, a wildlife reserve in South Carolina, USA.

What is the largest domestic cat species? The Maine Coon, Siberian, and Ragdoll are among the largest domestic cat species. Unlike certain other large breeds, these are fully domestic—not a hybrid between a domestic cat and a wild cat, such as the Bengal or Savannah cat.

Which are the largest Domestic Cats? The Siberian can reach up to 26 pounds, while the Maine Coon is known more for fluff and the length of his long, poofy tail.

He measured a massive 46.6 inches in length and was a staggering 34 pounds. Ludo, a Maine Coon who lives in Wakefield, UK, with his owner Kelsey Gill, was the longest cat alive at one point. He measures an astounding 46.6 inches long. Ludo is owned by Kelsey Gill.

Maine Coon

Weighing up to 20 pounds, measuring up to 40 inches in length and with big, fluffy coats, they're a lot of cat to love. The Guinness World Record holder for the longest cat was actually a Maine Coon called Barivel, and measured an impressive 3ft 11.2in from head to tail tip.

Size. The Maine Coon was considered the largest breed of domestic cat until the introduction of the Savannah cat in the mid 1980s, and is still the largest non-hybrid breed. On average, males weigh from 18 to 22 lb (8.2 to 10.0 kg), with females weighing from 12 to 15 lb (5.4 to 6.8 kg).

The Amur leopard, also known as the Far East leopard, is the world's rarest big cat. A subspecies of the leopard, these animals are found in the forested transboundary region that spans the Russian Far East and China.

What is the longest lifespan of a cat? ›

There is known world record of a Burmese cat who lived to be 35 years old. Most Burmese cats don't live to be this long of course, but they do have an impressive lifespan of 18 to 25 years.

Level of Endangerment

The Amur Leopard is the most endangered big cat in the world. There haven't been any recent counts of the Amur Leopard population, but in 2015, it was estimated that there were fewer than 60. However, the conservation efforts have increased, and it's believed that there are currently over 100.

World's Heaviest Cat Ever

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Hercules the Liger is the largest and heaviest cat in the world, weighing in at a staggering 418.2kg (922 lbs). He lived in Cairns, Australia.

The biggest Maine Coon on record weighed 35 lbs, though that cat was obese. Healthy show winners are certainly big, but not that big. As mentioned, males typically run 15-25 lbs, while females are 10-15 lbs.

Stewie was measured at 123 centimetres (48 in) on August 28, 2010. Stewie died on February 4, 2013, from cancer at his home in Reno, Nevada, at age 8. He weighed an astonishing 34.6 pounds and was 13.8 inches in length!