How big does a African palm civet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown African palm civet (Nandinia binotata) reaches an average size of 50 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 18.5 years, they grow from 56 grams (0.12 lbs) to 2.17 kg (4.78 lbs). A African palm civet has 1 babies at once. The African palm civet (genus: Nandinia) 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 African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small feliform mammal widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a African palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Rusty-spotted genet with 2 babies per litter
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- Malabar large-spotted civet with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Banded linsang with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- African civet with a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Brown palm civet with a size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same size as a African palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as African palm civet:
- Sable with a size of 45.1 cm (1′ 6″)
- Corsac fox with a size of 58 cm (1′ 11″)
- Peruvian spider monkey with a size of 45.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Moustached guenon with a size of 52 cm (1′ 9″)
- Blue monkey with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a size of 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a size of 41.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a African palm civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a African palm civet:
- Rhim gazelle
- Addax
- Desert long-eared bat
- Gould’s long-eared bat
- South Asian river dolphin
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle
- Tiny pipistrelle
- Spix’s night monkey
- Lesser kudu
- Common spotted cuscus
Animals with the same life expectancy as a African palm civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a African palm civet:
- Golden jackal with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Common vampire bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Black-footed mongoose with an average maximal age of 15.83 years
- Impala with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Springbok with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Straw-coloured fruit bat with an average maximal age of 21.75 years
- Dall sheep with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Greater mouse-deer with an average maximal age of 16.25 years
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20.17 years
- Blackbuck with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
Animals with the same weight as a African palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nandinia binotata:
- Natal red rock hare with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Angolan genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a weight of 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs)
- Cape genet with a weight of 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs)
- Swamp rabbit with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Hispid hare with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)