It is hard to guess what a Giant forest genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Giant forest genet (Genetta victoriae) on average weights 2.74 kg (6.05 lbs).
The Giant forest genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.2 cm (1′ 11″).
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 giant forest genet (Genetta victoriae), also known as the giant genet, is a genet species endemic to the Congo Basin. As it is considered as widely distributed and common, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Giant forest genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Servaline genet bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Large-spotted civet bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Small-toothed palm civet bringing 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs) to the scale
- Crested servaline genet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Small Indian civet bringing 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs) to the scale
- Brown palm civet bringing 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Giant forest genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta victoriae:
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Indian hare with a weight of 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs)
- Palawan stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Mexican cottontail with a weight of 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs)
- Woolly hare with a weight of 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- White-nosed saki with a weight of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs)
- Hoary bamboo rat with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Giant forest genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Giant forest genet:
- Cape fox with a size of 53.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hispid hare with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Broom hare with a size of 50.2 cm (1′ 8″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Bush dog with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)