It is hard to guess what a Indian grey mongoose weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) on average weights 1.31 kg (2.89 lbs).
The Indian grey mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Herpestes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40 cm (1′ 4″). On average, Indian grey mongooses can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 2.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi) is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia. In North Indian languages (Hindi/Punjabi) it is called Nevlaa. The grey mongoose is commonly found in open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation. It lives in burrows, hedgerows and thickets, among groves of trees, and takes shelter under rocks or bushes and even in drains. It is very bold and inquisitive but wary, seldom venturing far from cover. It climbs very well. Usually found singly or in pairs. It preys on rodents, snakes, birds’ eggs and hatchlings, lizards and variety of invertebrates. Along the Chambal River it occasionally feeds on gharial eggs. It breeds throughout the year.
Animals of the same family as a Indian grey mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Jackson’s mongoose bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Banded mongoose bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
- White-tailed mongoose bringing 3.66 kilos (8.07 lbs) to the scale
- Grandidier’s mongoose bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Pousargues’s mongoose with a weight of 362 grams
- Slender mongoose with a weight of 530 grams
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a weight of 815 grams
- Gambian mongoose bringing 1.64 kilos (3.62 lbs) to the scale
- Bushy-tailed mongoose bringing 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Indian grey mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Herpestes edwardsii:
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Tree pangolin with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Indian giant squirrel with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Sable with a weight of 1.17 kilos (2.58 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a weight of 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs)
- European pine marten with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Northern viscacha with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Indian grey mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Indian grey mongoose:
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Banded mongoose with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Red-bellied lemur with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Coppery ringtail possum with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern barred bandicoot with a size of 32.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Indian grey mongoose
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Indian grey mongoose: