It is hard to guess what a Gray fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) on average weights 3.83 kg (8.45 lbs).
The Gray fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Urocyon). It is usually born with about 104 grams (0.23 lbs). They can live for up to 15 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60.3 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Gray foxs have 3 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 gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox (Urocyon littoralis) of the California Channel Islands, are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be the most basal of the living canids. Though it was once the most common fox in the eastern United States, and still is found there, human advancement and deforestation allowed the red fox to become more dominant. The Pacific States still have the gray fox as a dominant. It is the only American canid that can climb trees. Its specific epithet cinereoargenteus means “ashen silver”.
Animals of the same family as a Gray fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Arctic fox bringing 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Golden jackal bringing 9.67 kilos (21.32 lbs) to the scale
- Short-eared dog bringing 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs) to the scale
- Raccoon dog bringing 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs) to the scale
- Bengal fox bringing 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan sand fox bringing 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs) to the scale
- Falkland Islands wolf with a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- Hoary fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Gray fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Urocyon cinereoargenteus:
- Sclater’s guenon with a weight of 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs)
- Margay with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Diana monkey with a weight of 4.36 kilos (9.61 lbs)
- Raccoon dog with a weight of 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs)
- Salt’s dik-dik with a weight of 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Gray fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gray fox:
- Asian palm civet with a size of 53.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Egyptian mongoose with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- White-fronted surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Western red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tana River mangabey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Leopard cat with a size of 68.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Gray fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Gray fox:
- Horsfield’s shrew
- Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
- Long-eared hedgehog
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa
- Grizzled giant squirrel
- Common dwarf mongoose
- Yucatan deer mouse
- Alpine pika
- Tasmanian pygmy possum
- Neacomys tenuipes
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Gray fox
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Gray fox:
- Greater dwarf lemur with an average maximal age of 15 years
- North American beaver with an average maximal age of 15 years
- L’Hoest’s monkey with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Hog badger with an average maximal age of 13.92 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Mountain reedbuck with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Speke’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
- Harnessed bushbuck with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Celebes crested macaque with an average maximal age of 18 years