How big does a Angolan genet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Angolan genet (Genetta angolensis) reaches an average size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs). The Angolan 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 Angolan genet or miombo genet (Genetta angolensis) is a genet species endemic to Southern Africa. It is considered common in this region and therefore listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List. Little is known about its ecology.
Animals of the same family as a Angolan genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Large Indian civet with a size of 81.9 cm (2′ 9″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Otter civet with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Asian palm civet with a size of 53.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Abyssinian genet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Binturong with a size of 78.7 cm (2′ 7″)
- Malabar large-spotted civet with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Banded linsang with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Angolan genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Angolan genet:
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-bellied spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Javan surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Japanese hare with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Tasmanian devil with a size of 55.7 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same weight as a Angolan genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta angolensis:
- Johnston’s genet with a weight of 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs)
- European rabbit with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Jamaican coney with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Snowshoe hare with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Chinese hare with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Mongoose lemur with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Silky cuscus with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)