It is hard to guess what a Selous’s mongoose weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Selous’s mongoose (Paracynictis selousi) on average weights 1.67 kg (3.68 lbs).
The Selous’s mongoose is from the family Herpestidae (genus: Paracynictis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.8 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Selous’s 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.
Selous’s mongoose (Paracynictis selousi) is a carnivore of southern Africa. It is the only member of the genus Paracynictis in the mongoose family.
Animals of the same family as a Selous’s mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Pousargues’s mongoose with a weight of 362 grams
- Marsh mongoose bringing 3.6 kilos (7.94 lbs) to the scale
- Angolan slender mongoose with a weight of 750 grams
- Black-footed mongoose bringing 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs) to the scale
- Common dwarf mongoose with a weight of 283 grams
- Slender mongoose with a weight of 530 grams
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a weight of 815 grams
- Stripe-necked mongoose bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Grandidier’s mongoose bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose with a weight of 791 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Selous’s mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paracynictis selousi:
- Crested servaline genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a weight of 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs)
- Woodlark cuscus with a weight of 1.63 kilos (3.59 lbs)
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Island fox with a weight of 1.92 kilos (4.23 lbs)
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs)
- Silky cuscus with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Pichi with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Marsh rabbit with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Selous’s mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Selous’s mongoose:
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Short-beaked echidna with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Greater bilby with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Red-bellied lemur with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Selous’s mongoose
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Selous’s mongoose: