It is hard to guess what a Cacomistle weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) on average weights 906 grams (2 lbs).
The Cacomistle is from the family Procyonidae (genus: Bassariscus). They can live for up to 23 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.5 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Cacomistles 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 cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) is a nocturnal, arboreal and omnivorous member of the carnivoran family Procyonidae. Its preferred habitats are wet, tropical, evergreen woodlands and mountain forests, though seasonally it will venture into drier deciduous forests.Nowhere in its range (from southern Mexico to western Panama) is B. sumichrasti common. This is especially true in Costa Rica, where it inhabits only a very small area. It is completely dependent on forest habitat, making it particularly susceptible to deforestation.The term cacomistle is from the Nahuatl language (tlahcomiztli) and means “half cat” or “half mountain lion”; it is sometimes also used to refer to the ringtail, Bassariscus astutus, a similar species that inhabits arid northern Mexico and the American Southwest.
Animals of the same family as a Cacomistle
We found other animals of the Procyonidae family:
- Northern olingo bringing 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs) to the scale
- Crab-eating raccoon bringing 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- Raccoon bringing 6.37 kilos (14.04 lbs) to the scale
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo with a weight of 620 grams
- Cozumel raccoon bringing 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs) to the scale
- Ring-tailed cat bringing 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs) to the scale
- Kinkajou bringing 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs) to the scale
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Cacomistle
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bassariscus sumichrasti:
- White-eared opossum with a weight of 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs)
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Red acouchi bringing 949 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur bringing 936 grams to the scale
- Bahia porcupine bringing 999 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed potoroo with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- Spix’s night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Livingstone’s fruit bat bringing 733 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Cacomistle
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cacomistle:
- Western quoll with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Spotted linsang with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Spotted giant flying squirrel with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Bonnet macaque with a size of 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Rio Tapajós saki with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Cacomistle
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Cacomistle:
- Greater dwarf shrew
- Gray mouse lemur
- Chiruromys lamia
- Antelope jackrabbit
- Long-tailed mouse
- Greater bamboo bat
- Yunnan hare
- Western barbastelle
- Northern palm squirrel
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Cacomistle
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Cacomistle:
- Cotton-top tamarin with an average maximal age of 23.08 years
- Proboscis monkey with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20.17 years
- Moose with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Allen’s swamp monkey with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Arabian oryx with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Greater mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Emperor tamarin with an average maximal age of 20.17 years
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 19.75 years