It is hard to guess what a Common kusimanse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Common kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus) on average weights 1.39 kg (3.07 lbs).
The Common kusimanse is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Crossarchus). It is usually born with about 9 grams (0.02 lbs). They can live for up to 9 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 33.9 cm (1′ 2″). On average, Common kusimanses can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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 common kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus), also known as the long-nosed kusimanse or simply cusimanse, is a small, diurnal kusimanse or dwarf mongoose. Of three subfamilies of Herpestidae (Herpestinae, Mungotinae and Galidiinae), the kusimanse is a member of Mungotinae, which are small and very social.
Animals of the same family as a Common kusimanse
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Gambian mongoose bringing 1.64 kilos (3.62 lbs) to the scale
- Indian grey mongoose bringing 1.31 kilos (2.89 lbs) to the scale
- Ruddy mongoose bringing 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs) to the scale
- Bengal mongoose with a weight of 741 grams
- Meerkat with a weight of 730 grams
- Slender mongoose with a weight of 530 grams
- Brown-tailed mongoose with a weight of 711 grams
- Angolan kusimanse with a weight of 700 grams
- Bushy-tailed mongoose bringing 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Common kusimanse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crossarchus obscurus:
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.43 kilos (3.15 lbs)
- Snowshoe hare with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Red acouchi with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Nasuella olivacea with a weight of 1.34 kilos (2.95 lbs)
- Indian grey mongoose with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Telefomin cuscus with a weight of 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs)
- Aquatic genet with a weight of 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Common kusimanse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Common kusimanse:
- Slender mongoose with a size of 33 cm (1′ 1″)
- Gambian pouched rat with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Hispaniolan solenodon with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Giant white-tailed rat with a size of 28.3 cm (1′ 0″)
- Amazon bamboo rat with a size of 28.5 cm (1′ 0″)
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- American mink with a size of 36.6 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Common kusimanse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Common kusimanse:
- Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
- European water vole
- Blanford’s jerboa
- White-footed mouse
- El Carrizo deer mouse
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil
- Wild boar
- Plains pocket mouse
- Gerbil mouse
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Common kusimanse
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Common kusimanse:
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- White-tailed jackrabbit with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Fishing cat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Island fox with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Least weasel with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Bush dog with an average maximal age of 10.33 years
- Long-footed potoroo with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Striped possum with an average maximal age of 9.58 years
- Sarcophilus laniarius with an average maximal age of 8.17 years