It is hard to guess what a Burmese ferret-badger weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata) on average weights 1.85 kg (4.07 lbs).
The Burmese ferret-badger is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Melogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.9 cm (1′ 4″). Usually, Burmese ferret-badgers have 2 babies per litter.
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 Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata), also known as the large-toothed ferret-badger, is a mustelid native to Southeast Asia.
Animals of the same family as a Burmese ferret-badger
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Nilgiri marten bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
- Neotropical otter bringing 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs) to the scale
- Patagonian weasel with a weight of 225 grams
- Palawan stink badger bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Giant otter bringing 26 kilos (57.32 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan weasel with a weight of 569 grams
- Back-striped weasel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- European badger bringing 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain weasel with a weight of 180 grams
- European mink with a weight of 567 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Burmese ferret-badger
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melogale personata:
- Black giant squirrel with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Pel’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Small dorcopsis with a weight of 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs)
- Back-striped weasel with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- White-faced saki with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Beech marten with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Riverine rabbit with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Malagasy civet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Burmese ferret-badger
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Burmese ferret-badger:
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Guianan squirrel monkey with a size of 32.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Philippine flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Banded mongoose with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-bellied spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Burmese ferret-badger
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Burmese ferret-badger: