It is hard to guess what a Rüppell’s fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rüppell’s fox (Vulpes rueppellii) on average weights 3.25 kg (7.17 lbs).
The Rüppell’s fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Vulpes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 46 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Rüppell’s foxs 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.
Rüppell’s fox (Vulpes rueppellii), also spelled Rueppell’s fox, is a species of fox living in North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. It is named after the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. This fox is also called the “sand fox”, but this terminology is confusing because the corsac fox (V. corsac) and the Tibetan sand fox (V. ferrilata) are also known as “sand foxes”.
Animals of the same family as a Rüppell’s fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Crab-eating fox bringing 5.74 kilos (12.65 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Dhole bringing 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Hoary fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Red wolf bringing 26.7 kilos (58.86 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan sand fox bringing 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs) to the scale
- Raccoon dog bringing 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs) to the scale
- Red fox bringing 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Rüppell’s fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Vulpes rueppellii:
- Kaapori capuchin with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- White-tailed mongoose with a weight of 3.66 kilos (8.07 lbs)
- Small Indian civet with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s cat with a weight of 2.73 kilos (6.02 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a weight of 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs)
- Red-eared guenon with a weight of 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs)
- Crested agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Omilteme cottontail with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Rüppell’s fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Rüppell’s fox:
- Island fox with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Aye-aye with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Jamaican coney with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Philippine flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Rüppell’s fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Rüppell’s fox: