It is hard to guess what a Kit fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) on average weights 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs).
The Kit fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Vulpes). They can live for up to 20 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 56.4 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Kit foxs have 4 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 kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species of North America. Its range is primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the swift fox, V. velox, but molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct. It has also been called an American Fennec fox due to its large ears.
Animals of the same family as a Kit fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Island fox bringing 1.92 kilos (4.23 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- South American gray fox bringing 6.34 kilos (13.98 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Raccoon dog bringing 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs) to the scale
- Cape fox bringing 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs) to the scale
- Black-backed jackal bringing 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs) to the scale
- Golden jackal bringing 9.67 kilos (21.32 lbs) to the scale
- Bat-eared fox bringing 4.07 kilos (8.97 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Kit fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Vulpes macrotis:
- Unadorned rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.56 kilos (10.05 lbs)
- Red fox with a weight of 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Tammar wallaby with a weight of 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs)
- Blue duiker with a weight of 4.9 kilos (10.8 lbs)
- Allied rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Kit fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Kit fox:
- Olympic marmot
- Long-clawed ground squirrel
- Indian gerbil
- Akodon boliviensis
- Southern African hedgehog
- Merriam’s chipmunk
- Red fox
- Western heather vole
- Groundhog
- Panamint chipmunk
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Kit fox
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Kit fox:
- Nubian ibex with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Nabarlek with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Bontebok with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
- Sheep with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Brown greater galago with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Purple-faced langur with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Eastern gray squirrel with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Northern viscacha with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Bighorn sheep with an average maximal age of 24 years