It is hard to guess what a Spotted linsang weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) on average weights 1.14 kg (2.52 lbs).
The Spotted linsang is from the family Viverridae (genus: Prionodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 35.4 cm (1′ 2″). Usually, Spotted linsangs 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 spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) is a linsang, a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal, found throughout much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Spotted linsang
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Large Indian civet bringing 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs) to the scale
- Masked palm civet bringing 4.3 kilos (9.48 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Haussa genet bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Large-spotted civet bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Banded palm civet bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- African palm civet bringing 2.17 kilos (4.78 lbs) to the scale
- Malabar large-spotted civet bringing 12.08 kilos (26.63 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same weight as a Spotted linsang
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Prionodon pardicolor:
- Black-footed cat with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- White-eared opossum with a weight of 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a weight of 1.05 kilos (2.31 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Montane guinea pig with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Black-headed night monkey with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Spotted linsang
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Spotted linsang:
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Bronze quoll with a size of 35.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Mountain cuscus with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Black-bearded flying fox with a size of 28.5 cm (1′ 0″)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a size of 41.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Red giant flying squirrel with a size of 41.1 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Spotted linsang
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Spotted linsang: