It is hard to guess what a Gambian mongoose weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) on average weights 1.64 kg (3.62 lbs).
The Gambian mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Mungos). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 35 cm (1′ 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 Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) is a mongoose species native to the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic from Gambia to Nigeria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008.
Animals of the same family as a Gambian mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Black-footed mongoose bringing 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose with a weight of 485 grams
- Javan mongoose with a weight of 758 grams
- Meller’s mongoose bringing 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs) to the scale
- Bushy-tailed mongoose bringing 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs) to the scale
- Indian grey mongoose bringing 1.31 kilos (2.89 lbs) to the scale
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a weight of 815 grams
- Selous’s mongoose bringing 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs) to the scale
- Alexander’s kusimanse bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Gambian mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mungos gambianus:
- Marsh rabbit with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- African savanna hare with a weight of 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs)
- Gilbert’s potoroo with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- Platypus with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Crowned lemur with a weight of 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs)
- Hainan hare with a weight of 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs)
- Burmese ferret-badger with a weight of 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Red giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Gambian mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gambian mongoose:
- Small dorcopsis with a size of 38.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Malagasy giant rat with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a size of 34.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)