It is hard to guess what a Small-toothed palm civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) on average weights 2.32 kg (5.12 lbs).
The Small-toothed palm civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Arctogalidia). They can live for up to 15.83 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 52.8 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Small-toothed palm civets 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 small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a palm civet. It lives in dense forests of southeast Asia, from the Assam district of India to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula and on Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Borneo, and numerous small nearby islands of Indonesia.A monotypic genus, Arctogalidia means ‘bear-weasel’ (from ancient Greek arkto- ‘bear’ + galidia ‘little weasel’). The specific epithet trivirgata means ‘three-striped’ in Latin.The small-toothed palm civet is mid-sized by the standards of its family, weighing 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs) and measuring 53 cm (21 in) long along the body, plus a tail of 58 cm (23 in). It has short fur that is generally a tawny or buff color while the head is a darker greyish tawny. Its muzzle is brown with a white streak that extends from the nose to the forehead. The back has three distinct black or dark brown stripes running along the length of the body. Only the females have the perineal scent gland, located near the vulva.The diet is varied and omnivorous, and usually consists of insects, small mammals, nesting birds, fruits, frogs and lizards. Matching the habits of other palm civets, this species is solitary, arboreal and nocturnal. Its gestation period is 45 days, and the average litter size is 3, which are born in dens made in the trees. Young open their eyes at 11 days and are weaned at two months. It can have two litters a year and there is no set mating season. It can live for 11 years. It is threatened primarily by deforestation, as are many Southeast Asian forest animals.
Animals of the same family as a Small-toothed palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Abyssinian genet bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Asian palm civet bringing 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Small Indian civet bringing 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs) to the scale
- Otter civet bringing 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs) to the scale
- Malagasy civet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Golden palm civet bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Large Indian civet bringing 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted genet bringing 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Small-toothed palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Arctogalidia trivirgata:
- Ground cuscus with a weight of 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.58 kilos (5.69 lbs)
- Kalinowski’s agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Hoary bamboo rat with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Dryas monkey with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a weight of 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs)
- Long-tailed pangolin with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Equatorial saki with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Ground cuscus with a weight of 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Small-toothed palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Small-toothed palm civet:
- Purple-faced langur with a size of 58.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Cape hare with a size of 42.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Venezuelan red howler with a size of 56.1 cm (1′ 11″)
- Neotropical otter with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Sable with a size of 45.1 cm (1′ 6″)
- Ethiopian highland hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-throated marten with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Plains viscacha with a size of 52.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.4 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Small-toothed palm civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Small-toothed palm civet:
- Clara’s echymipera
- Black-shouldered opossum
- Long-tailed mouse
- Spotted-necked otter
- Greater bilby
- Western barred bandicoot
- Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Web-footed tenrec
- Gray mouse lemur
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Small-toothed palm civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Small-toothed palm civet:
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Dhole with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Oribi with an average maximal age of 15.75 years
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Greater glider with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Dama gazelle with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Suni with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Greater false vampire bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Nubian ibex with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Malabar large-spotted civet with an average maximal age of 14 years