It is hard to guess what a Banded mongoose weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) on average weights 1.26 kg (2.78 lbs).
The Banded mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Mungos). It is usually born with about 24 grams (0.05 lbs). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 36.3 cm (1′ 3″). On average, Banded mongooses can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds. While most mongoose species live solitary lives, the banded mongoose live in colonies with a complex social structure.
Animals of the same family as a Banded mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Ruddy mongoose bringing 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs) to the scale
- Egyptian mongoose bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Crab-eating mongoose bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Stripe-necked mongoose bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- White-tailed mongoose bringing 3.66 kilos (8.07 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed mongoose bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose with a weight of 485 grams
- Bengal mongoose with a weight of 741 grams
- Brown-tailed mongoose with a weight of 711 grams
- Jackson’s mongoose bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Banded mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mungos mungo:
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Ring-tailed cat with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Black flying squirrel with a weight of 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Southern long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Yarkand hare with a weight of 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Banded mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Banded mongoose:
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Cuban solenodon with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Volcano rabbit with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Eastern quoll with a size of 33.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Tufted capuchin with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Brown greater galago with a size of 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Banded mongoose
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Banded mongoose:
- Congo rope squirrel
- Natal multimammate mouse
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat
- Southern brown bandicoot
- Black-striped squirrel
- Red acouchi
- Blanford’s rat
- Banana climbing mouse
- Little desert pocket mouse
- Cape ground squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Banded mongoose
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Banded mongoose:
- Thylacine with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Striped skunk with an average maximal age of 12.92 years
- Ground cuscus with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Black-backed jackal with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Günther’s dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Rhim gazelle with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Red panda with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years