It is hard to guess what a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Molina’s hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga) on average weights 960 grams (2.12 lbs).
The Molina’s hog-nosed skunk is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Conepatus). They can live for up to 3.33 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.1 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Molina’s hog-nosed skunks 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.
Molina’s hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga) is similar to the common skunk with scent glands used to spray an odorous liquid to offend potential predators. They have a resistance to pit viper venom, distinct thin white markings and a pink, hog-like, fleshy nose.
Animals of the same family as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted-necked otter bringing 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs) to the scale
- Saharan striped polecat with a weight of 218 grams
- Sable bringing 1.17 kilos (2.58 lbs) to the scale
- North American river otter bringing 8.09 kilos (17.84 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-throated marten bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri marten bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Honey badger bringing 9 kilos (19.84 lbs) to the scale
- Sunda stink badger bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Conepatus chinga:
- Eastern white-eared giant rat bringing 867 grams to the scale
- Water opossum bringing 977 grams to the scale
- Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur bringing 822 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Screaming hairy armadillo bringing 930 grams to the scale
- Mottle-faced tamarin bringing 803 grams to the scale
- American marten bringing 878 grams to the scale
- Green ringtail possum with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Chestnut-bellied titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Giant golden-crowned flying fox with a weight of 1.09 kilos (2.4 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Molina’s hog-nosed skunk:
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Eastern small-toothed rat with a size of 24.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Common gundi with a size of 20.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Pygmy treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Large treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Franklin’s ground squirrel with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Bornean mountain ground squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mindanao treeshrew with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Slender treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk:
- Indian grey mongoose
- Blanford’s fox
- Kodkod
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat
- Brown hyena
- Watson’s climbing rat
- Turbo shrew
- Gobi jerboa
- Dusky-footed woodrat
- Siberian roe deer
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk:
- Giant golden mole with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Little long-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Alpine pika with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Northern quoll with an average maximal age of 2.83 years
- Four-striped grass mouse with an average maximal age of 2.83 years
- Great Basin pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 4 years
- African pygmy mouse with an average maximal age of 3.08 years
- Common opossum with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Black myotis with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Etruscan shrew with an average maximal age of 2.67 years