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Eastern falanouc size: How big do they get?

How big does a Eastern falanouc get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Eastern falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) reaches an average size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 2.78 kg (6.13 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 150 grams (0.33 lbs). A Eastern falanouc has 1 babies at once. The Eastern falanouc (genus: Eupleres) 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 average adult size of a Eastern falanouc is (1' 10

The eastern falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) is a rare mongoose-like mammal in the carnivoran family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar .It is classified alongside the western falanouc, Eupleres major, recognized only in 2010, in the genus Eupleres. Falanoucs have several peculiarities. They have no anal or perineal glands (unlike their closest relative, the fanaloka), nonretractile claws, and a unique dentition: the canines and premolars are backwards-curving and flat. This is thought to be related to their prey, mostly invertebrates, such as worms, slugs, snails, and larvae.It lives primarily in the lowland rainforests of eastern Madagascar, while E. major is found in northwest Madagascar. It is solitary and territorial, but whether nocturnal or diurnal is unknown. It is small (about 50 centimetres long with a 24-centimetre-long tail) and shy (clawing, not biting, in self-defence). It most closely resembles the mongooses with its long snout and low body, though its colouration is plain and brown (most mongooses have colouring schemes such as striping, banding, or other variations on the hands and feet).Its life cycle displays periods of fat buildup during April and May, before the dry months of June and July. It has a brief courting period and weaning period, the young being weaned before the next mating season. Its reproductive cycle is fast. The offspring (one per litter) are born in burrows with opened eyes and can move with the mother through dense foliage at only two days old. In nine weeks, the already well-developed young are on solid food and shortly thereafter they leave their mothers. Though it is fast in gaining mobility (so as to follow its mother on forages), it grows at a slower rate than comparatively-sized carnivorans.”Falanoucs are threatened by habitat loss, humans, dogs and an introduced competitor, the small Indian civet (Viverricula indica).”Viverricula Indica are also carnivores, and they had much spatial and temporal overlap with Eupleres Goudotii when introduced to the same ecosystem the Eupleres Goudotii were in. This overlap has shown to potentially have a negative impact on native carnivore populations such as the Eupleres Goudotii because of the two species competing for similar resources.

Animals of the same family as a Eastern falanouc

We found other animals of the Viverridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Eastern falanouc

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eastern falanouc:

Animals with the same litter size as a Eastern falanouc

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Eastern falanouc:

Animals with the same weight as a Eastern falanouc

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eupleres goudotii: