It is hard to guess what a Hoary fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus) on average weights 4.23 kg (9.33 lbs).
The Hoary fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Lycalopex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Hoary foxs have 3 babies per litter.
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 hoary fox or hoary zorro (Lycalopex vetulus), also known as raposinha-do-campo in Brazil (Portuguese for “meadow fox”), is a species of zorro or “false” fox endemic to Brazil. Unlike many other foxes, it feeds primarily on small invertebrates such as insects.
Animals of the same family as a Hoary fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Red fox bringing 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs) to the scale
- Red wolf bringing 26.7 kilos (58.86 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Dhole bringing 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs) to the scale
- Bush dog bringing 6.32 kilos (13.93 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Gray fox bringing 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs) to the scale
- Falkland Islands wolf with a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
- Bengal fox bringing 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hoary fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lycalopex vetulus:
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Brazilian porcupine with a weight of 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Six-banded armadillo with a weight of 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Red-legged pademelon with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
- Crested mona monkey with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- Large-spotted civet with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Hoary fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hoary fox:
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Japanese hare with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Formosan rock macaque with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Patas monkey with a size of 66.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Hog badger with a size of 69.2 cm (2′ 4″)
- Margay with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Natal red rock hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hoary fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hoary fox: