It is hard to guess what a Masked palm civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) on average weights 4.3 kg (9.48 lbs).
The Masked palm civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Paguma). They can live for up to 18 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 63.4 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Masked palm civets 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 masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) or gem-faced civet is a civet species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 as it occurs in many protected areas, is tolerant to some degree of habitat modification, and widely distributed with presumed large populations that are unlikely to be declining.The genus Paguma was first named and described by John Edward Gray in 1831. All described forms are regarded as a single species.In recent times, masked palm civets were considered to be a likely vector of SARS.
Animals of the same family as a Masked palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Crested servaline genet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Haussa genet bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Banded palm civet bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Golden palm civet bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Small-toothed palm civet bringing 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi palm civet bringing 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs) to the scale
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Masked palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paguma larvata:
- Royal antelope with a weight of 3.9 kilos (8.6 lbs)
- Alpine marmot with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
- White-nosed coati with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Pale-throated sloth with a weight of 4.33 kilos (9.55 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Allied rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs)
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Masked palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Masked palm civet:
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Indian crested porcupine with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth with a size of 69 cm (2′ 4″)
- European hare with a size of 52.6 cm (1′ 9″)
- Indri with a size of 73.4 cm (2′ 5″)
- Crab-eating macaque with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Collared mangabey with a size of 66 cm (2′ 2″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Mantled howler with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- Giant bandicoot with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Masked palm civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Masked palm civet:
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat
- Marsh rabbit
- Alston’s brown mouse
- Eastern chestnut mouse
- Common yellow-toothed cavy
- Eastern barred bandicoot
- Moupin pika
- Clara’s echymipera
- Val’s gundi
- Tawny deer mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Masked palm civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Masked palm civet:
- Servaline genet with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Black-footed mongoose with an average maximal age of 15.83 years
- Gray-bellied night monkey with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Keen’s myotis with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Short-eared possum with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Northern greater galago with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Sumatran serow with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Commerson’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 18 years