It is hard to guess what a Angolan kusimanse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Angolan kusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei) on average weights 700 grams (1.54 lbs).
The Angolan kusimanse is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Crossarchus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 32.6 cm (1′ 1″).
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 kusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei), also known as Ansorge’s kusimanse, is a species of small mongoose. There are two recognized subspecies: C. a. ansorgei, found in Angola; and C. a. nigricolor, found in DR Congo, which do not have overlapping ranges. It prefers rainforest type habitat, and avoids regions inhabited by humans. It grows to 12–18 inches in length, with a 6–10 inch long tail, and weighs 1–3 lb. Little is known about this species of kusimanse, and there are no estimates of its wild population numbers or status. Until 1984, the species was only known from two specimens from Baringa but are now thought to be quite common in some regions. Threats are probably habitat loss and bushmeat hunting. However, this species is protected by Salonga National Park.
Animals of the same family as a Angolan kusimanse
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Brown-tailed mongoose with a weight of 711 grams
- White-tailed mongoose bringing 3.66 kilos (8.07 lbs) to the scale
- Stripe-necked mongoose bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
- Bengal mongoose with a weight of 741 grams
- Gambian mongoose bringing 1.64 kilos (3.62 lbs) to the scale
- Common kusimanse bringing 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed mongoose bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Long-nosed mongoose bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose with a weight of 550 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Angolan kusimanse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crossarchus ansorgei:
- Mountain beaver bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Bismarck giant rat bringing 612 grams to the scale
- Bismarck giant rat bringing 613 grams to the scale
- Bengal mongoose bringing 741 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale
- Arizona gray squirrel bringing 647 grams to the scale
- Spectacled flying fox bringing 759 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Giant tree-rat bringing 584 grams to the scale
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Angolan kusimanse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Angolan kusimanse:
- Golden-rumped elephant shrew with a size of 27.3 cm (0′ 11″)
- Pousargues’s mongoose with a size of 29 cm (1′ 0″)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a size of 33.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Mexican prairie dog with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Peters’s squirrel with a size of 26.8 cm (0′ 11″)
- Rakali with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Arctic ground squirrel with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)