It is hard to guess what a Large-spotted civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large-spotted civet (Viverra megaspila) on average weights 4.53 kg (9.99 lbs).
The Large-spotted civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Viverra). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.4 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 large-spotted civet (Viverra megaspila) is a viverrid native to Southeast Asia that is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Large-spotted civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- African civet bringing 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs) to the scale
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Central African oyan with a weight of 570 grams
- Fossa (animal) bringing 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Banded linsang with a weight of 684 grams
- Haussa genet bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Golden palm civet bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Large-spotted civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Viverra megaspila:
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)
- Bicolored-spined porcupine with a weight of 4.49 kilos (9.9 lbs)
- Red-necked pademelon with a weight of 5.4 kilos (11.9 lbs)
- Tayra with a weight of 4.14 kilos (9.13 lbs)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a weight of 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs)
- Toque macaque with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Sunda pangolin with a weight of 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs)
- Alpine marmot with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs)
- Pampas cat with a weight of 4.4 kilos (9.7 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Large-spotted civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large-spotted civet:
- White-cheeked spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Steppe polecat with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Banded linsang with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Common spotted cuscus with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- European rabbit with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)