How many baby Bush dogs are in a litter?
A Bush dog (Speothos venaticus) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 67 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 158 grams (0.35 lbs) and measure 5.6 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Canidae family (genus: Speothos). An adult Bush dog grows up to a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″).
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 bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canid found in Central and South America. In spite of its extensive range, it is very rare in most areas except in Suriname, Guyana and Peru; it was first identified by Peter Wilhelm Lund from fossils in Brazilian caves and was believed to be extinct. The bush dog is the only living species in the genus Speothos, and genetic evidence suggests that its closest living relative is the maned wolf of central South America or the African wild dog. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.In Brazil it is called cachorro-vinagre (“vinegar dog”) or cachorro-do-mato (“bush dog”). In Spanish-speaking countries it is called perro vinagre (“vinegar dog”), zorro vinagre (“vinegar fox”), perro de agua (“water dog”), or perro de monte (“mountain dog”).
Other animals of the family Canidae
Bush dog is a member of the Canidae, as are these animals:
- Black-backed jackal with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Raccoon dog with 6 babies per pregnancy
- Hoary fox with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Coyote with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Pampas fox with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Arctic fox with 7 babies per pregnancy
- Side-striped jackal with 4 babies per pregnancy
- African wild dog with 8 babies per pregnancy
- Red wolf with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Falkland Islands wolf raching a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
Animals that share a litter size with Bush dog
Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once:
- Long-tailed giant rat
- Northern pika
- Olympic marmot
- El Carrizo deer mouse
- Townsend’s chipmunk
- Alpine chipmunk
- Black-tailed prairie dog
- Red-tailed chipmunk
- Parantechinus bilarni
- Greater hamster-rat
Animals that get as old as a Bush dog
Other animals that usually reach the age of 10.33 years:
- White-footed sportive lemur with 8.58 years
- Golden hamster with 10 years
- Maned sloth with 12 years
- Congo rope squirrel with 9.5 years
- Red-flanked duiker with 9.5 years
- Java mouse-deer with 12 years
- Black-footed ferret with 12 years
- Common spotted cuscus with 11 years
- Crab-eating fox with 11.5 years
- Plains viscacha with 9.33 years
Animals with the same weight as a Bush dog
What other animals weight around 6.32 kg (13.94 lbs)?
- Mentawai langur usually reaching 6.45 kgs (14.22 lbs)
- Red-necked pademelon usually reaching 5.4 kgs (11.9 lbs)
- Agile mangabey usually reaching 7.11 kgs (15.67 lbs)
- Black-spotted cuscus usually reaching 6 kgs (13.23 lbs)
- Sooty mangabey usually reaching 6.94 kgs (15.3 lbs)
- Bolivian red howler usually reaching 6.61 kgs (14.57 lbs)
- Black howler usually reaching 5.58 kgs (12.3 lbs)
- Coypu usually reaching 6.36 kgs (14.02 lbs)
- Moor macaque usually reaching 7.29 kgs (16.07 lbs)
- White-thighed surili usually reaching 5.9 kgs (13.01 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Bush dog
Also reaching around 62.6 cm (2′ 1″) in size do these animals:
- Brown dorcopsis gets as big as 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Sechuran fox gets as big as 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Small Indian civet gets as big as 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- White-tailed mongoose gets as big as 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black-footed mongoose gets as big as 61.3 cm (2′ 1″)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo gets as big as 71.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Giant bandicoot gets as big as 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- North American river otter gets as big as 68.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Spotted-necked otter gets as big as 59.7 cm (2′ 0″)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit gets as big as 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)