It is hard to guess what a Narrow-striped mongoose weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) on average weights 664 grams (1.46 lbs).
The Narrow-striped mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Mungotictis). It is usually born with about 49 grams (0.11 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 31.2 cm (1′ 1″). Usually, Narrow-striped mongooses have 1 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 narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) is a member of the family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar. It inhabits the Madagascar dry deciduous forests in western and southwestern Madagascar, where it lives from sea level to about 125 m (410 ft) between the Tsiribihina and Mangoky rivers. In Malagasy it is called bokiboky (pronounced “Boo-ky Boo-ky”).
Animals of the same family as a Narrow-striped mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Jackson’s mongoose bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Angolan slender mongoose with a weight of 750 grams
- Javan mongoose with a weight of 758 grams
- Black-footed mongoose bringing 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed mongoose bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
- Liberian mongoose bringing 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs) to the scale
- Egyptian mongoose bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Namaqua slender mongoose with a weight of 750 grams
- Stripe-necked mongoose bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Narrow-striped mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mungotictis decemlineata:
- Grey-headed flying fox bringing 702 grams to the scale
- Angolan kusimanse bringing 700 grams to the scale
- Black-footed tree-rat bringing 716 grams to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Central Texas pocket gopher bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Baja California rock squirrel bringing 551 grams to the scale
- Central African oyan bringing 570 grams to the scale
- Moonrat bringing 787 grams to the scale
- Giant otter shrew bringing 685 grams to the scale
- Bougainville monkey-faced bat bringing 573 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Narrow-striped mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Narrow-striped mongoose:
- Crowned lemur with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Eastern barred bandicoot with a size of 32.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Northern sportive lemur with a size of 28 cm (1′ 0″)
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 28.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Bagobo rat with a size of 28.9 cm (1′ 0″)
- Northern viscacha with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Black-headed night monkey with a size of 35.7 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Narrow-striped mongoose
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Narrow-striped mongoose: