It is hard to guess what a Johnston’s genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Johnston’s genet (Genetta johnstoni) on average weights 2.23 kg (4.91 lbs).
The Johnston’s genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 55.4 cm (1′ 10″).
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.
Johnston’s genet (Genetta johnstoni) is a genet species native to the Upper Guinean forests. As it is threatened by deforestation and conversion of rainforest to agriculturally and industrially used land, it is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.It is considered one of West Africa’s least known carnivores, and until the turn of the century was known only from museum collections. In January 2000, a dead individual was found near the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire. In July of the same year, the first live individual known to science was trapped.In 2011, it was recorded for the first time in Dindefelo Nature Reserve, a protected area in southeastern Senegal.
Animals of the same family as a Johnston’s genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Fossa (animal) bringing 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs) to the scale
- Golden palm civet bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Small Indian civet bringing 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs) to the scale
- Giant forest genet bringing 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted linsang bringing 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Asian palm civet bringing 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Johnston’s genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta johnstoni:
- Woolly hare with a weight of 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs)
- Natal red rock hare with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Hispid hare with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Rothschild’s porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Meller’s mongoose with a weight of 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs)
- Andean hairy armadillo with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Striped hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.01 kilos (4.43 lbs)
- Swamp rabbit with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Palawan stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)