How big does a Haussa genet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Haussa genet (Genetta thierryi) reaches an average size of 42 cm (1′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs). The Haussa 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 Haussa genet (Genetta thierryi) is a genet species native to West African savannas. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.Haussa genets have been sighted in Senegal’s wooded steppes, in moist woodlands in Guinea-Bissau, and in rainforest in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Animals of the same family as a Haussa genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Malagasy civet with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Brown palm civet with a size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Spotted linsang with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Abyssinian genet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Central African oyan with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Golden palm civet with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Servaline genet with a size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Rusty-spotted genet with 2 babies per litter
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Fossa (animal) with a size of 72.7 cm (2′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Haussa genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Haussa genet:
- Bahamian hutia with a size of 39.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a size of 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Gambian mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
- Bronze quoll with a size of 35.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
- Snowshoe hare with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Haussa genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta thierryi:
- White-faced saki with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Red giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Tolai hare with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Bengal slow loris with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Woylie with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Yarkand hare with a weight of 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs)
- Eastern cottontail with a weight of 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Western quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)