It is hard to guess what a Small Indian civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) on average weights 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs).
The Small Indian civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Viverricula). They can live for up to 10.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Small Indian civets have 3 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 small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.The small Indian civet is a monotypic genus.
Animals of the same family as a Small Indian civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Malagasy civet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- African civet bringing 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs) to the scale
- Common genet bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- Otter civet bringing 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Large Indian civet bringing 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Brown palm civet bringing 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Small Indian civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Viverricula indica:
- Golden-backed uakari with a weight of 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs)
- Black-rumped agouti with a weight of 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs)
- Owston’s palm civet with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha with a weight of 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs)
- Moustached guenon with a weight of 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Sclater’s guenon with a weight of 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs)
- Black agouti with a weight of 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs)
- White-throated guenon with a weight of 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Small Indian civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Small Indian civet:
- Moustached guenon with a size of 52 cm (1′ 9″)
- Common genet with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Scrub hare with a size of 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Six-banded armadillo with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Arctic hare with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-legged pademelon with a size of 56.6 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Small Indian civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Small Indian civet:
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse
- Malayan field rat
- Lesser dwarf shrew
- Nagtglas’s African dormouse
- Hispid hare
- Bower’s white-toothed rat
- Taiwan field mouse
- Short-tailed mongoose
- Northern three-toed jerboa
- Shipton’s mountain cavy
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Small Indian civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Small Indian civet:
- Eastern bettong with an average maximal age of 11.75 years
- Four-horned antelope with an average maximal age of 10.75 years
- Mountain nyala with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Fishing cat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Common kusimanse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Zebra duiker with an average maximal age of 12.17 years
- Greater fairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Northern tamandua with an average maximal age of 9.5 years