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How much does a Ruddy mongoose weight?

It is hard to guess what a Ruddy mongoose weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) on average weights 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs).

The Ruddy mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Herpestes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40.7 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Ruddy mongooses 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 average adult weight of a Ruddy mongoose is 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs)

The ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) is a mongoose species native to hill forests in India and Sri Lanka. This mongoose, along with the striped-neck and Indian grey mongeese, are the only mongoose species endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The ruddy mongoose is very closely related to Indian grey mongoose, but distinguished by its slightly larger size and black-tipped tail extending for 2 to 3 inches at the distal end. There are two subspecies of this mongoose, H. smithii smithii in India, and H. smithii zeylanicus (Thomas, 1852) in Sri Lanka.

Animals of the same family as a Ruddy mongoose

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Animals with the same weight as a Ruddy mongoose

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Herpestes smithii:

Animals with the same size as a Ruddy mongoose

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ruddy mongoose:

Animals with the same litter size as a Ruddy mongoose

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Ruddy mongoose: