It is hard to guess what a Angolan genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Angolan genet (Genetta angolensis) on average weights 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs).
The Angolan genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 47.3 cm (1′ 7″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Angolan genet or miombo genet (Genetta angolensis) is a genet species endemic to Southern Africa. It is considered common in this region and therefore listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List. Little is known about its ecology.
Animals of the same family as a Angolan genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Large-spotted civet bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Malagasy civet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi palm civet bringing 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs) to the scale
- Banded linsang with a weight of 684 grams
- Binturong bringing 13 kilos (28.66 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Large Indian civet bringing 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Owston’s palm civet bringing 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Angolan genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta angolensis:
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted genet with a weight of 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs)
- Silky cuscus with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Tolai hare with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Aquatic genet with a weight of 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs)
- Riverine rabbit with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs)
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Angolan genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Angolan genet:
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Eastern common cuscus with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-throated guenon with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Scrub hare with a size of 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Chinese hare with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Yellow-throated marten with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Riverine rabbit with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)