How big does a Hog badger get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) reaches an average size of 69.2 cm (2′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 13.92 years, they grow from 58 grams (0.13 lbs) to 8.17 kg (18.01 lbs). A Hog badger has 3 babies at once. The Hog badger (genus: Arctonyx) 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 hog badger (Arctonyx collaris), also known as the greater hog badger, is a terrestrial mustelid native to Central and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching.
Animals of the same family as a Hog badger
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Fisher (animal) with a size of 75.1 cm (2′ 6″)
- Long-tailed weasel with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Steppe polecat with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Eurasian otter with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Eastern spotted skunk with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hooded skunk with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Striped hog-nosed skunk with 3 babies per litter
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same size as a Hog badger
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hog badger:
- Moor macaque with a size of 66 cm (2′ 2″)
- Ocelot with a size of 74.6 cm (2′ 6″)
- North American beaver with a size of 75.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Greater mouse-deer with a size of 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- North American river otter with a size of 68.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- King colobus with a size of 62.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- European badger with a size of 70.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Otter civet with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Eurasian otter with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hog badger
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hog badger:
- Western red-backed vole
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel
- East African highland shrew
- Masked white-tailed rat
- Crab-eating fox
- Broad-footed mole
- Swamp rabbit
- Volcano harvest mouse
- Alpine pika
- Savanna gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Hog badger
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Hog badger:
- Leopard cat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Red panda with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Common brushtail possum with an average maximal age of 14.67 years
- Malabar large-spotted civet with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Brown palm civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Arabian tahr with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Ground cuscus with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red brocket with an average maximal age of 13.75 years
- Australian sea lion with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Malayan civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Hog badger
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Arctonyx collaris:
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a weight of 7.6 kilos (16.76 lbs)
- Mantled howler with a weight of 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs)
- Pig-tailed langur with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 6.65 kilos (14.66 lbs)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a weight of 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a weight of 8.27 kilos (18.23 lbs)
- Culpeo with a weight of 8.62 kilos (19 lbs)
- Red-shanked douc with a weight of 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs)
- Aardwolf with a weight of 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs)
- Patas monkey with a weight of 7.99 kilos (17.61 lbs)