It is hard to guess what a Golden palm civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Golden palm civet (Paradoxurus zeylonensis) on average weights 2.82 kg (6.23 lbs).
The Golden palm civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Paradoxurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 48.8 cm (1′ 8″). Usually, Golden palm civets 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 golden palm civet (Paradoxurus zeylonensis) is a palm civet endemic to Sri Lanka. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Its distribution is severely fragmented, and the extent and quality of its habitat in Sri Lanka’s hill regions are declining.The golden palm civet was described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1778.
Animals of the same family as a Golden palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted genet bringing 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs) to the scale
- Asian palm civet bringing 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Otter civet bringing 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Fossa (animal) bringing 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted linsang bringing 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs) to the scale
- Servaline genet bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Golden palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paradoxurus zeylonensis:
- Broom hare with a weight of 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs)
- Colombian white-faced capuchin with a weight of 3.01 kilos (6.64 lbs)
- Omilteme cottontail with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Red-rumped agouti with a weight of 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs)
- Japanese hare with a weight of 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
- Burmese hare with a weight of 2.27 kilos (5 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Golden palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Golden palm civet:
- Red-legged pademelon with a size of 56.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Arabian gazelle with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Japanese marten with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Golden palm civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Golden palm civet: