It is hard to guess what a Aquatic genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Aquatic genet (Genetta piscivora) on average weights 1.65 kg (3.63 lbs).
The Aquatic genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.6 cm (1′ 6″).
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 aquatic genet (Genetta piscivora) is a genet that has only been recorded in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since it is only known from about 30 specimens in zoological collections, it had been listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List since 1996, as it is considered one of Africa’s rarest carnivores. In 2015, it has been reassessed as Near Threatened.When Allen described the aquatic genet as a new genus and species in 1919, he named it Osbornictis piscivora. It was reassessed in 2004, and based on molecular evidence is now considered a Genetta species.
Animals of the same family as a Aquatic genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Binturong bringing 13 kilos (28.66 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- African civet bringing 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted linsang bringing 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Asian palm civet bringing 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Servaline genet bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Aquatic genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta piscivora:
- Southern long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Tufted ground squirrel with a weight of 1.35 kilos (2.98 lbs)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Chinese hare with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs)
- Angolan genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- White-faced saki with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Aquatic genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Aquatic genet:
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Crab-eating macaque with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Central African oyan with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Stein’s cuscus with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Silky cuscus with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sand cat with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Bahamian hutia with a size of 39.5 cm (1′ 4″)