How many baby Alexander’s kusimanses are in a litter?
A Alexander’s kusimanse (Crossarchus alexandri) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) and measure 2.9 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Herpestidae family (genus: Crossarchus). An adult Alexander’s kusimanse grows up to a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″).
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.
Alexander’s kusimanse (Crossarchus alexandri) is a mongoose species native to Central African rainforests up to an elevation of 2,900 m (9,500 ft).It has a body length of 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in) and weighs between 0.45 and 1.4 kg (0.99 and 3.09 lb). Its tail is 15–25 cm (5.9–9.8 in) long.It feeds on grubs, small rodents, small reptiles, crabs, and some fruits. It can produce 2 to 3 litters (2 to 4 young per litter) of young each year after a gestation period of 8 weeks. The young wean at 3 weeks old and reach sexual maturity at 9 months old.
Other animals of the family Herpestidae
Alexander’s kusimanse is a member of the Herpestidae, as are these animals:
- Brown-tailed mongoose becoming 4.75 years old
- Common dwarf mongoose with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Gambian mongoose weighting around 1.64 kilograms (3.62 lbs)
- Meller’s mongoose with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Angolan kusimanse weighting only 700 grams
- Selous’s mongoose with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Banded mongoose with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Ring-tailed vontsira with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Crab-eating mongoose with 3 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Alexander’s kusimanse
Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once:
- Bush dog
- Swift fox
- American mink
- Tien Shan birch mouse
- Steppe lemming
- Long-tailed shrew
- Senegal gerbil
- Barbary striped grass mouse
- Japanese dormouse
- Southern big-eared mouse
Animals with the same weight as a Alexander’s kusimanse
What other animals weight around 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs)?
- Crowned lemur usually reaching 1.7 kgs (3.75 lbs)
- Eastern bettong usually reaching 1.66 kgs (3.66 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel usually reaching 1.68 kgs (3.7 lbs)
- Atlantic titi usually reaching 1.39 kgs (3.06 lbs)
- Eastern common cuscus usually reaching 1.75 kgs (3.86 lbs)
- Gilbert’s potoroo usually reaching 1.57 kgs (3.46 lbs)
- Hispaniolan hutia usually reaching 1.27 kgs (2.8 lbs)
- Greater bilby usually reaching 1.23 kgs (2.71 lbs)
- Sumatran striped rabbit usually reaching 1.51 kgs (3.33 lbs)
- Gambian pouched rat usually reaching 1.27 kgs (2.8 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Alexander’s kusimanse
Also reaching around 45 cm (1′ 6″) in size do these animals:
- Royal antelope gets as big as 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey gets as big as 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Common spotted cuscus gets as big as 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Sumatran striped rabbit gets as big as 37.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose gets as big as 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Yarkand hare gets as big as 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- African savanna hare gets as big as 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Natal red rock hare gets as big as 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- European rabbit gets as big as 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Moustached guenon gets as big as 52 cm (1′ 9″)