It is hard to guess what a Sulawesi palm civet weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii) on average weights 5.15 kg (11.36 lbs).
The Sulawesi palm civet is from the family Viverridae (genus: Macrogalidia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 68.9 cm (2′ 4″).
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 Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii), also known as Sulawesi civet, musang and brown palm civet is a little-known palm civet endemic to Sulawesi. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to population decline estimated to have been more than 30% over the last three generations (suspected to be 15 years) inferred from habitat destruction and degradation.Macrogalidia is a monospecific genus. It is the only carnivoran native to Sulawesi.
Animals of the same family as a Sulawesi palm civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Small-toothed palm civet bringing 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs) to the scale
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Banded linsang with a weight of 684 grams
- Aquatic genet bringing 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Angolan genet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan civet bringing 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs) to the scale
- Crested servaline genet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
- Small Indian civet bringing 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs) to the scale
- Binturong bringing 13 kilos (28.66 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Sulawesi palm civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macrogalidia musschenbroekii:
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Bonnet macaque with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Arctic hare with a weight of 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Lar gibbon with a weight of 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Sunda pangolin with a weight of 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Sulawesi palm civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sulawesi palm civet:
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
- Proboscis monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Angola colobus with a size of 56.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Egyptian mongoose with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Pacarana with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Black-shanked douc with a size of 60.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Black-footed mongoose with a size of 61.3 cm (2′ 1″)
- Wolverine with a size of 77.3 cm (2′ 7″)