It is hard to guess what a Malabar large-spotted civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) on average weights 12.08 kg (26.63 lbs).
The Malabar large-spotted civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Viverra). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 84.5 cm (2′ 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.
The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the population is estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals. It has not been recorded during surveys carried out between 1990 and 2014.In the early 1990s, isolated populations still survived in less disturbed areas of South Malabar but were seriously threatened by habitat destruction and hunting outside protected areas.It is known as Kannan chandu and Male meru in Kerala വെരുക് (veruk) in Malayalam, and in Karnataka as Mangala kutri, Bal kutri and Dodda punugina.
Animals of the same family as a Malabar large-spotted civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- African civet bringing 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs) to the scale
- Central African oyan with a weight of 570 grams
- Brown palm civet bringing 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs) to the scale
- Fossa (animal) bringing 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted genet bringing 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs) to the scale
- Banded palm civet bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Haussa genet bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Otter civet bringing 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Malabar large-spotted civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Viverra civettina:
- Tenkile with a weight of 9.98 kilos (22 lbs)
- Canada lynx with a weight of 9.73 kilos (21.45 lbs)
- Beira (antelope) with a weight of 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs)
- Dwarf musk deer with a weight of 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs)
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a weight of 13.28 kilos (29.28 lbs)
- Siberian musk deer with a weight of 13.31 kilos (29.34 lbs)
- Pygathrix bieti with a weight of 11 kilos (24.25 lbs)
- Ground pangolin with a weight of 11.92 kilos (26.28 lbs)
- Water chevrotain with a weight of 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs)
- Black-shanked douc with a weight of 10.33 kilos (22.77 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Malabar 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 Malabar large-spotted civet:
- Goitered gazelle with a size of 95.8 cm (3′ 2″)
- Asian golden cat with a size of 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- Indian crested porcupine with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Culpeo with a size of 72.4 cm (2′ 5″)
- Klipspringer with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.6 cm (2′ 10″)
- Common duiker with a size of 96.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- African clawless otter with a size of 80.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Chinese mountain cat with a size of 78.6 cm (2′ 7″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Malabar large-spotted civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Malabar large-spotted civet:
- Red brocket with an average maximal age of 13.75 years
- Urial with an average maximal age of 13.75 years
- Philippine tarsier with an average maximal age of 15 years
- L’Hoest’s monkey with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Zebra duiker with an average maximal age of 12.17 years
- Brown palm civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- European badger with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Water chevrotain with an average maximal age of 14 years