It is hard to guess what a Island fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) on average weights 1.92 kg (4.24 lbs).
The Island fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Urocyon). It is usually born with about 100 grams (0.22 lbs). They can live for up to 8 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 47.2 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Island foxs 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 island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. Island foxes are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in the spiritual lives of native Channel Islanders. Island foxes have been likely semi-domesticated as pets, used as pelts, or for other functions, like pest control.
Animals of the same family as a Island fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Cape fox bringing 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs) to the scale
- Falkland Islands wolf with a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
- Crab-eating fox bringing 5.74 kilos (12.65 lbs) to the scale
- Side-striped jackal bringing 10.4 kilos (22.93 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Corsac fox bringing 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs) to the scale
- Bat-eared fox bringing 4.07 kilos (8.97 lbs) to the scale
- Bengal fox bringing 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- Black-backed jackal bringing 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Island fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Urocyon littoralis:
- Angolan genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum with a weight of 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs)
- Eastern common cuscus with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Silvery greater galago with a weight of 1.58 kilos (3.48 lbs)
- Pel’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Small dorcopsis with a weight of 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs)
- Ornate cuscus with a weight of 1.79 kilos (3.95 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Island fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Island fox:
- Brown’s pademelon with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Banded linsang with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Greater long-nosed armadillo with a size of 55.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a size of 43.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black bearded saki with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Coppery ringtail possum with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- European rabbit with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Island fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Island fox:
- Sandy inland mouse
- Plateau mouse
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat
- Mechow’s mole-rat
- Dark-footed mouse shrew
- Desert pocket mouse
- White-footed tamarin
- Chestnut tree mouse
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat
- Mexican fox squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Island fox
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Island fox:
- American pika with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Marbled polecat with an average maximal age of 8.92 years
- Grey-bellied squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Kowari with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Gray dorcopsis with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Barbary ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Rufous rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Philippine porcupine with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Florida mouse with an average maximal age of 7.33 years