How many baby Island foxs are in a litter?
A Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 53 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 100 grams (0.22 lbs) and measure 8.4 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Canidae family (genus: Urocyon). An adult Island fox grows up to a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″).
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 island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. Island foxes are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in the spiritual lives of native Channel Islanders. Island foxes have been likely semi-domesticated as pets, used as pelts, or for other functions, like pest control.
Other animals of the family Canidae
Island fox is a member of the Canidae, as are these animals:
- Ethiopian wolf weighting around 14.38 kilograms (31.7 lbs)
- Bush dog with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Red wolf with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Black-backed jackal with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Kit fox with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Rüppell’s fox with 2 babies per pregnancy
- African wild dog with 8 babies per pregnancy
- Swift fox with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Golden jackal with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Blanford’s fox with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Island fox
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Marsh mongoose
- Tiger
- Serval
- Marsh rabbit
- Southern pygmy mouse
- Moupin pika
- Lion
- Himalayan striped squirrel
- Golden-backed tree-rat
- Small-toothed palm civet
Animals that get as old as a Island fox
Other animals that usually reach the age of 8 years:
- Florida mouse with 7.33 years
- Black-tailed prairie dog with 8.5 years
- Long-eared hedgehog with 6.75 years
- Pacarana with 9.33 years
- Rufous hare-wallaby with 8 years
- Common ringtail possum with 8 years
- Pallid bat with 9.08 years
- Feathertail glider with 7.17 years
- Barbary ground squirrel with 9 years
- Philippine porcupine with 9.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Island fox
What other animals weight around 1.92 kg (4.24 lbs)?
- Small dorcopsis usually reaching 1.89 kgs (4.17 lbs)
- Smith’s red rock hare usually reaching 2.25 kgs (4.96 lbs)
- Selous’s mongoose usually reaching 1.67 kgs (3.68 lbs)
- Crested servaline genet usually reaching 1.86 kgs (4.1 lbs)
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum usually reaching 1.88 kgs (4.14 lbs)
- Subalpine woolly rat usually reaching 1.99 kgs (4.39 lbs)
- Monk saki usually reaching 2.11 kgs (4.65 lbs)
- Silvery greater galago usually reaching 1.58 kgs (3.48 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine usually reaching 1.75 kgs (3.86 lbs)
- Chinese hare usually reaching 1.61 kgs (3.55 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Island fox
Also reaching around 47.2 cm (1′ 7″) in size do these animals:
- Selous’s mongoose gets as big as 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Hoolock gibbon gets as big as 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Ethiopian highland hare gets as big as 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Black capuchin gets as big as 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- De Brazza’s monkey gets as big as 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Common opossum gets as big as 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sechuran fox gets as big as 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Scrub hare gets as big as 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Campbell’s mona monkey gets as big as 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Golden-backed uakari gets as big as 40 cm (1′ 4″)