How big does a Cape genet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Cape genet (Genetta tigrina) reaches an average size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 15 years, they grow from 85 grams (0.19 lbs) to 2.07 kg (4.56 lbs). A Cape genet has 2 babies at once. The Cape genet (genus: Genetta) is a member of the family Viverridae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Cape genet (Genetta tigrina), also known as the South African large-spotted genet, is a genet species endemic to South Africa. As it is common and not threatened, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.Like other genets, it is nocturnal and arboreal, preferring to live in the riparian zones of forests, as long as these are not marshy areas.
Animals of the same family as a Cape genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- African civet with a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Large-spotted civet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Malabar large-spotted civet with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Asian palm civet with a size of 53.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Spotted linsang with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same size as a Cape genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cape genet:
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Common brushtail possum with a size of 47.4 cm (1′ 7″)
- European hare with a size of 52.6 cm (1′ 9″)
- Andean mountain cat with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Brown’s pademelon with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Barbary macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Cape genet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Cape genet:
- Horsfield’s treeshrew
- Black-tailed jackrabbit
- Northern yellow bat
- Pipistrellus mimus
- Northern palm squirrel
- Lesser cane rat
- Sikkim mountain vole
- California kangaroo rat
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew
- Asian black bear
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Cape genet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Cape genet:
- Silver dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Coypu with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Swamp wallaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Geoffroy’s bat with an average maximal age of 18 years
- White-nosed saki with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Steenbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Horsfield’s tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Cape genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta tigrina:
- Red lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Hoary bamboo rat with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Meller’s mongoose with a weight of 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a weight of 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs)
- Mongoose lemur with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted genet with a weight of 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs)
- Abyssinian hare with a weight of 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs)
- Pel’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)