How many baby African civets are in a litter?
A African civet (Civettictis civetta) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 68 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 318 grams (0.7 lbs) and measure 20.6 cm (0′ 9″). They are a member of the Viverridae family (genus: Civettictis). An adult African civet grows up to a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″).
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 civet (; Civettictis civetta) is a large viverrid native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is considered common and widely distributed in woodlands and secondary forests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. In some countries, it is threatened by hunting, and wild-caught individuals are kept for producing civetone for the perfume industry.The African civet is primarily nocturnal and spends the day sleeping in dense vegetation, but wakes up at sunset. It is a solitary mammal with a unique coloration: the black and white blotches covering its coarse pelage and rings on the tail are an effective cryptic pattern. The black bands surrounding its eyes closely resemble those of the raccoon. Other distinguishing features are its disproportionately large hindquarters and its erectile dorsal crest. It is an omnivorous generalist, preying on small vertebrates, invertebrates, eggs, carrion, and vegetable matter. It is one of the few carnivores capable of eating toxic invertebrates such as termites and millipedes. It detects prey primarily by smell and sound rather than by sight. It is the sole member of its genus.
Other animals of the family Viverridae
African civet is a member of the Viverridae, as are these animals:
- African palm civet with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Cape genet with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Small Indian civet with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Servaline genet with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Brown palm civet with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Hose’s palm civet raching a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Eastern falanouc with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Malayan civet with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Johnston’s genet weighting around 2.23 kilograms (4.92 lbs)
- Central African oyan with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with African civet
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Schlieffen’s bat
- Rusty-spotted genet
- Greater bilby
- Tolai hare
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew
- Big deer mouse
- Highveld gerbil
- Alston’s brown mouse
- Moon forest shrew
- Japanese hare
Animals that get as old as a African civet
Other animals that usually reach the age of 28 years:
- Monk saki with 24.58 years
- Tamaraw with 28 years
- Sambar deer with 26.42 years
- Antarctic fur seal with 23 years
- Black lemur with 30 years
- Golden lion tamarin with 24.75 years
- Common wallaroo with 24 years
- California sea lion with 30 years
- Crested mona monkey with 24.08 years
- Northern olingo with 25 years
Animals with the same weight as a African civet
What other animals weight around 12.09 kg (26.65 lbs)?
- Binturong usually reaching 13 kgs (28.66 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey usually reaching 12.27 kgs (27.05 lbs)
- Plate-toothed giant hutia usually reaching 13.7 kgs (30.2 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey usually reaching 13.5 kgs (29.76 lbs)
- Black-fronted duiker usually reaching 14.44 kgs (31.83 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey usually reaching 13.46 kgs (29.67 lbs)
- Japanese macaque usually reaching 10.11 kgs (22.29 lbs)
- Drill (animal) usually reaching 14.23 kgs (31.37 lbs)
- Iberian lynx usually reaching 11.08 kgs (24.43 lbs)
- Black-striped wallaby usually reaching 11.23 kgs (24.76 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a African civet
Also reaching around 79.2 cm (2′ 8″) in size do these animals:
- Jaguarundi gets as big as 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- Thomson’s gazelle gets as big as 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Short-eared dog gets as big as 83.3 cm (2′ 9″)
- Leopard cat gets as big as 68.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Dingiso gets as big as 67.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat gets as big as 85.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Crab-eating fox gets as big as 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Sulawesi palm civet gets as big as 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Gray brocket gets as big as 92.3 cm (3′ 1″)
- Golden jackal gets as big as 83 cm (2′ 9″)