It is hard to guess what a Haussa genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Haussa genet (Genetta thierryi) on average weights 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs).
The Haussa genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42 cm (1′ 5″).
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 Haussa genet (Genetta thierryi) is a genet species native to West African savannas. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.Haussa genets have been sighted in Senegal’s wooded steppes, in moist woodlands in Guinea-Bissau, and in rainforest in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Animals of the same family as a Haussa genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Common genet bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Golden palm civet bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted genet bringing 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Large Indian civet bringing 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs) to the scale
- Central African oyan with a weight of 570 grams
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Haussa genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta thierryi:
- Spotted linsang with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.43 kilos (3.15 lbs)
- Aquatic genet with a weight of 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs)
- Banded palm civet with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- European rabbit with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Marsh rabbit with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Haussa genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Haussa genet:
- Meller’s mongoose with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Coppery titi with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Omilteme cottontail with a size of 39.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Mexican cottontail with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Sable with a size of 45.1 cm (1′ 6″)