It is hard to guess what a Servaline genet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Servaline genet (Genetta servalina) on average weights 1.24 kg (2.74 lbs).
The Servaline genet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Genetta). They can live for up to 17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 49.4 cm (1′ 8″). On average, Servaline genets can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 servaline genet (Genetta servalina) is a genet species native to Central Africa. As it is widely distributed and considered common, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Servaline genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- African civet bringing 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Malagasy civet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi palm civet bringing 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs) to the scale
- Crested servaline genet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Malabar large-spotted civet bringing 12.08 kilos (26.63 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Servaline genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta servalina:
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Emperor rat with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Sable with a weight of 1.17 kilos (2.58 lbs)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Clara’s echymipera with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Marsh rabbit with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)
- Tufted ground squirrel with a weight of 1.35 kilos (2.98 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Servaline genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Servaline genet:
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Alpine woolly rat with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Red-handed howler with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-footed ferret with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Bonnet macaque with a size of 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Riverine rabbit with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a size of 52.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Purple-faced langur with a size of 58.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Servaline genet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Servaline genet:
- Llama
- Southeastern myotis
- Prevost’s squirrel
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat
- Bicolored-spined porcupine
- Lechwe
- North American porcupine
- Blackish deer mouse
- Melck’s house bat
- Dusky pademelon
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Servaline genet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Servaline genet:
- Indian muntjac with an average maximal age of 17.58 years
- Bohor reedbuck with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Nabarlek with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Arabian oryx with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Australian sea lion with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Thorold’s deer with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Dama gazelle with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Brazilian porcupine with an average maximal age of 17.25 years