How big does a Cacomistle get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) reaches an average size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 23 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 906 grams (2 lbs). A Cacomistle has 2 babies at once. The Cacomistle (genus: Bassariscus) is a member of the family Procyonidae.
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 cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) is a nocturnal, arboreal and omnivorous member of the carnivoran family Procyonidae. Its preferred habitats are wet, tropical, evergreen woodlands and mountain forests, though seasonally it will venture into drier deciduous forests.Nowhere in its range (from southern Mexico to western Panama) is B. sumichrasti common. This is especially true in Costa Rica, where it inhabits only a very small area. It is completely dependent on forest habitat, making it particularly susceptible to deforestation.The term cacomistle is from the Nahuatl language (tlahcomiztli) and means “half cat” or “half mountain lion”; it is sometimes also used to refer to the ringtail, Bassariscus astutus, a similar species that inhabits arid northern Mexico and the American Southwest.
Animals of the same family as a Cacomistle
We found other animals of the Procyonidae family:
- Ring-tailed cat with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Bahamian raccoon with a size of 46.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Crab-eating raccoon with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Cozumel raccoon with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Tres Marias raccoon with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Raccoon with a size of 48.6 cm (1′ 8″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Cacomistle
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cacomistle:
- Chinese pangolin with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black-footed cat with a size of 40.1 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur with a size of 50.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Northern viscacha with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Black bearded saki with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Common brown lemur with a size of 46.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Royal antelope with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Cacomistle
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Cacomistle:
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
- Red hocicudo
- Iberian lynx
- Golden-headed lion tamarin
- Dark-footed mouse shrew
- African marsh rat
- Gray tree rat
- African civet
- Wilson’s spiny mouse
- Guaira spiny rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Cacomistle
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Cacomistle:
- Goat with an average maximal age of 20.75 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Blackbuck with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
- Buru babirusa with an average maximal age of 24 years
- European bison with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Coyote with an average maximal age of 21.83 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Red wolf with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Ocelot with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
- Sitatunga with an average maximal age of 21.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Cacomistle
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bassariscus sumichrasti:
- Brown titi bringing 851 grams to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey bringing 912 grams to the scale
- Hispaniolan solenodon bringing 893 grams to the scale
- Green acouchi bringing 966 grams to the scale
- Bolivian bamboo rat bringing 729 grams to the scale
- Brown hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 736 grams to the scale
- Striped polecat bringing 812 grams to the scale
- Chinese ferret-badger bringing 939 grams to the scale
- Rock cavy bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Arctic ground squirrel bringing 747 grams to the scale