How many baby African golden cats are in a litter?
A African golden cat (Profelis aurata) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 81 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 212 grams (0.47 lbs) and measure 19.1 cm (0′ 8″). They are a member of the Felidae family (genus: Profelis). An adult African golden cat grows up to a size of 79.9 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 golden cat (Caracal aurata) is a wild cat endemic to the rainforests of West and Central Africa. It is threatened due to deforestation and bushmeat hunting and listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is a close relative of both the caracal and the serval. Previously, it was placed in the genus Profelis. Its body size ranges from 61 to 101 cm (24 to 40 in) with a 16 to 46 cm (6.3 to 18.1 in) long tail.
Other animals of the family Felidae
African golden cat is a member of the Felidae, as are these animals:
- Margay with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Oncilla with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Leopard cat with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Cat becoming 34 years old
- Andean mountain cat weighting around 8.13 kilograms (17.92 lbs)
- Flat-headed cat weighting around 3.53 kilograms (7.78 lbs)
- Andean mountain cat weighting around 8.13 kilograms (17.92 lbs)
- Cheetah with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Jaguarundi with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Bay cat weighting around 3.43 kilograms (7.56 lbs)
Animals that share a litter size with African golden cat
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Phillips’s kangaroo rat
- Banana climbing mouse
- Spotted-necked otter
- Mountain treeshrew
- Common marmoset
- Spotted hyena
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat
- Eastern long-eared bat
- False water rat
- Mexican vole
Animals with the same weight as a African golden cat
What other animals weight around 11.29 kg (24.88 lbs)?
- Southern muriqui usually reaching 10.57 kgs (23.3 lbs)
- Nilgiri langur usually reaching 10.6 kgs (23.37 lbs)
- Side-striped jackal usually reaching 10.4 kgs (22.93 lbs)
- Siamang usually reaching 10.84 kgs (23.9 lbs)
- Crested porcupine usually reaching 13.4 kgs (29.54 lbs)
- Capped langur usually reaching 11.21 kgs (24.71 lbs)
- Canada lynx usually reaching 9.73 kgs (21.45 lbs)
- African civet usually reaching 12.09 kgs (26.65 lbs)
- Tibetan macaque usually reaching 10.6 kgs (23.37 lbs)
- Klipspringer usually reaching 13.46 kgs (29.67 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a African golden cat
Also reaching around 79.9 cm (2′ 8″) in size do these animals:
- Beira (antelope) gets as big as 77.9 cm (2′ 7″)
- Asian golden cat gets as big as 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- Red-fronted gazelle gets as big as 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Drill (animal) gets as big as 70 cm (2′ 4″)
- Aders’s duiker gets as big as 69 cm (2′ 4″)
- Serval gets as big as 83.5 cm (2′ 9″)
- Gray dorcopsis gets as big as 66.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Water chevrotain gets as big as 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Blue duiker gets as big as 69.2 cm (2′ 4″)
- Chimpanzee gets as big as 79.6 cm (2′ 8″)