How big does a Brown palm civet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) reaches an average size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 12 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 3.55 kg (7.82 lbs). A Brown palm civet has 3 babies at once. The Brown palm civet (genus: Paradoxurus) 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 brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) also called the Jerdon’s palm civet is a palm civet endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Animals of the same family as a Brown palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Malagasy civet with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Asian palm civet with a size of 53.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Masked palm civet with a size of 63.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Large Indian civet with a size of 81.9 cm (2′ 9″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Golden palm civet with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Brown palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brown palm civet:
- Moustached guenon with a size of 52 cm (1′ 9″)
- Celebes crested macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Lowlands tree-kangaroo with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Lowland paca with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Thick-spined porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Northern plains gray langur with a size of 61 cm (2′ 1″)
- Assam macaque with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Southern tree hyrax with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- White-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Brown palm civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Brown palm civet:
- Small Japanese mole
- Alpine pine vole
- Hog badger
- Chestnut climbing mouse
- Cheetah
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse
- Short-nosed harvest mouse
- Lesser mole-rat
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse
- Xerus erythropus
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Brown palm civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Brown palm civet:
- Squirrel glider with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Southern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Rock hyrax with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Llama with an average maximal age of 14.17 years
- Beira (antelope) with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Silver dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- Sharpe’s grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Jungle cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Tammar wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
Animals with the same weight as a Brown palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paradoxurus jerdoni:
- Red-rumped agouti with a weight of 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs)
- Mona monkey with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Mountain hare with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- African brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Asian palm civet with a weight of 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)