How many baby African brush-tailed porcupines are in a litter?
A African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 2 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 2 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 108 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 146 grams (0.32 lbs) and measure 18 cm (0′ 8″). They are a member of the Hystricidae family (genus: Atherurus). An adult African brush-tailed porcupine grows up to a size of 43.1 cm (1′ 5″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine, indigenous to a broad belt of Africa ranging from Guinea on the west coast to Kenya on the east. This is a common species with a very wide range, and despite being used extensively for bushmeat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Other animals of the family Hystricidae
African brush-tailed porcupine is a member of the Hystricidae, as are these animals:
- Crested porcupine with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Long-tailed porcupine becoming 10.08 years old
- Malayan porcupine with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Indian crested porcupine with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Philippine porcupine becoming 9.5 years old
- Cape porcupine with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Thick-spined porcupine weighting around 4.59 kilograms (10.12 lbs)
Animals that share a litter size with African brush-tailed porcupine
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Bunyoro rabbit
- Smoky pocket gopher
- Mexican long-tongued bat
- Sheep
- Western gorilla
- Fallow deer
- Sunda pangolin
- Jentink’s duiker
- Juan Fernández fur seal
- Bay duiker
Animals that get as old as a African brush-tailed porcupine
Other animals that usually reach the age of 22.83 years:
- Bighorn sheep with 24 years
- Mountain zebra with 24 years
- Desert warthog with 18.75 years
- Bongo (antelope) with 19.42 years
- Platypus with 22 years
- Fossa (animal) with 20 years
- North American river otter with 25 years
- Bontebok with 21.67 years
- Guadalupe fur seal with 24 years
- Vicuña with 24.75 years
Animals with the same weight as a African brush-tailed porcupine
What other animals weight around 2.88 kg (6.34 lbs)?
- Leopard cat usually reaching 2.78 kgs (6.13 lbs)
- Cozumel raccoon usually reaching 2.96 kgs (6.53 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey usually reaching 2.31 kgs (5.09 lbs)
- White-tailed jackrabbit usually reaching 3.38 kgs (7.45 lbs)
- Hoary bamboo rat usually reaching 2.45 kgs (5.4 lbs)
- Corsac fox usually reaching 2.62 kgs (5.78 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax usually reaching 3.18 kgs (7.01 lbs)
- Black bearded saki usually reaching 2.97 kgs (6.55 lbs)
- Bunyoro rabbit usually reaching 2.51 kgs (5.53 lbs)
- Broom hare usually reaching 2.83 kgs (6.24 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a African brush-tailed porcupine
Also reaching around 43.1 cm (1′ 5″) in size do these animals:
- Crested servaline genet gets as big as 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Cape hare gets as big as 42.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit gets as big as 48.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- White-bellied spider monkey gets as big as 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Gilbert’s potoroo gets as big as 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Swift fox gets as big as 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- White-nosed saki gets as big as 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Menzbier’s marmot gets as big as 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- African savanna hare gets as big as 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Maroon leaf monkey gets as big as 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)