It is hard to guess what a Hoary fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hoary fox (Pseudalopex vetulus) on average weights 4.23 kg (9.33 lbs).
The Hoary fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Pseudalopex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60.3 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Hoary 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 hoary fox or hoary zorro (Lycalopex vetulus), also known as raposinha-do-campo in Brazil (Portuguese for “meadow fox”), is a species of zorro or “false” fox endemic to Brazil. Unlike many other foxes, it feeds primarily on small invertebrates such as insects.
Animals of the same family as a Hoary fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Swift fox bringing 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs) to the scale
- Wolf bringing 33.38 kilos (73.59 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- Culpeo bringing 8.62 kilos (19 lbs) to the scale
- Cape fox bringing 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs) to the scale
- Hoary fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Black-backed jackal bringing 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs) to the scale
- African wild dog bringing 22 kilos (48.5 lbs) to the scale
- Gray fox bringing 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hoary fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudalopex vetulus:
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Brazilian porcupine with a weight of 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
- Crab-eating macaque with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Plains viscacha with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Thick-spined porcupine with a weight of 4.59 kilos (10.12 lbs)
- Red-tailed monkey with a weight of 3.54 kilos (7.8 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Hoary fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hoary fox:
- Aders’s duiker with a size of 69 cm (2′ 4″)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Royal antelope with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 69.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tibetan macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hoary fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hoary fox: