How big does a Chinese ferret-badger get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) reaches an average size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 10.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 939 grams (2.07 lbs). A Chinese ferret-badger has 2 babies at once. The Chinese ferret-badger (genus: Melogale) is a member of the family Mustelidae.
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 Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and considered tolerant of modified habitat.The Chinese ferret-badger is densely distributed mainly across areas of Central to Southern China.
Animals of the same family as a Chinese ferret-badger
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Black-footed ferret with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Neotropical otter with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Japanese marten with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Least weasel with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Hooded skunk with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Pygmy spotted skunk with 4 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Chinese ferret-badger
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chinese ferret-badger:
- American marten with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black bearded saki with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Banded mongoose with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose with a size of 31.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Fennec fox with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern cottontail with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Cuban solenodon with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chinese ferret-badger
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Chinese ferret-badger:
- Indian hedgehog
- Common gundi
- Southern pocket gopher
- Panamint kangaroo rat
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat
- Red-handed tamarin
- Moss-forest rat
- Babault’s mouse shrew
- Gray tree rat
- Masked palm civet
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Chinese ferret-badger
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Chinese ferret-badger:
- Lesser long-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pudú with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Leadbeater’s possum with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Oncilla with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Crowned lemur with an average maximal age of 9.17 years
- Blanford’s fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-footed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Cape fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
Animals with the same weight as a Chinese ferret-badger
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melogale moschata:
- Cape gray mongoose bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Spix’s night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Bahia porcupine bringing 999 grams to the scale
- Hershkovitz’s titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Ring-tailed cat with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Blanford’s fox bringing 994 grams to the scale
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- White-eared opossum with a weight of 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs)
- Stump-tailed porcupine bringing 832 grams to the scale
- Screaming hairy armadillo bringing 930 grams to the scale