It is hard to guess what a European wildcat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult European wildcat (Felis silvestris) on average weights 4.53 kg (9.99 lbs).
The European wildcat is from the family Felidae (genus: Felis). It is usually born with about 106 grams (0.23 lbs). They can live for up to 31 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 50 cm (1′ 8″). On average, European wildcats can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 European wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a wildcat species native to continental Europe, Scotland, Turkey and the Caucasus. It inhabits forests from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe to the Caucasus. It has been extirpated in England and Wales.In France and Italy, the European wildcat is predominantly nocturnal, but also active in the daytime when undisturbed by human activities.
Animals of the same family as a European wildcat
We found other animals of the Felidae family:
- Oncilla bringing 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs) to the scale
- Geoffroy’s cat bringing 2.73 kilos (6.02 lbs) to the scale
- Flat-headed cat bringing 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs) to the scale
- Cat bringing 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted cat bringing 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs) to the scale
- African golden cat bringing 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs) to the scale
- Andean mountain cat bringing 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs) to the scale
- Chinese mountain cat bringing 5.49 kilos (12.1 lbs) to the scale
- Fishing cat bringing 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs) to the scale
- Eurasian lynx bringing 19.3 kilos (42.55 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a European wildcat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Felis silvestris:
- Big hairy armadillo with a weight of 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Pampas cat with a weight of 4.4 kilos (9.7 lbs)
- Mona monkey with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Günther’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs)
- European hare with a weight of 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs)
- Grivet with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a European wildcat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as European wildcat:
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- De Vis’s woolly rat with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a European wildcat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a European wildcat:
- Brandt’s hedgehog
- Kashmir flying squirrel
- Lesser white-toothed shrew
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse
- Water deer
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel
- Nine-banded armadillo
- Holochilus brasiliensis
- Nephelomys albigularis
- Plains pocket gopher
Animals with the same life expectancy as a European wildcat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a European wildcat:
- Sooty mangabey with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Ribbon seal with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Canada lynx with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Bobcat with an average maximal age of 32.33 years
- Ribbon seal with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Toque macaque with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Common genet with an average maximal age of 34 years
- Pileated gibbon with an average maximal age of 36 years
- Northern giraffe with an average maximal age of 36.25 years
- West Indian manatee with an average maximal age of 30 years