How big does a Large Indian civet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) reaches an average size of 81.9 cm (2′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 20 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 9.15 kg (20.17 lbs). A Large Indian civet has 2 babies at once. The Large Indian civet (genus: Viverra) is a member of the family Viverridae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The global population is considered decreasing mainly because of trapping-driven declines in heavily hunted and fragmented areas, notably in China, and the heavy trade as wild meat.
Animals of the same family as a Large Indian civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Abyssinian genet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Banded linsang with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Large-spotted civet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- African civet with a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″)
- Servaline genet with a size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- African palm civet with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Large Indian civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large Indian civet:
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Clouded leopard with a size of 83.8 cm (2′ 9″)
- Western long-beaked echidna with a size of 67.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Gray dorcopsis with a size of 66.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- White-bellied duiker with a size of 94 cm (3′ 2″)
- Ethiopian wolf with a size of 94.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- Culpeo with a size of 72 cm (2′ 5″)
- Asian golden cat with a size of 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- Brown dorcopsis with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large Indian civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Large Indian civet:
- Somali serotine
- Golden mouse
- Long-tailed pygmy possum
- Sarcophilus laniarius
- Yunnan hare
- American badger
- Round-tailed muskrat
- Javanese flying squirrel
- Least pygmy squirrel
- Aardwolf
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Large Indian civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Large Indian civet:
- Black-headed spider monkey with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Chital with an average maximal age of 20.75 years
- Masked palm civet with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Southern elephant seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Giant eland with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- La Plata dolphin with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Bighorn sheep with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Cacomistle with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Galápagos fur seal with an average maximal age of 22 years
Animals with the same weight as a Large Indian civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Viverra zibetha:
- Culpeo with a weight of 8.62 kilos (19 lbs)
- East Javan langur with a weight of 9.72 kilos (21.43 lbs)
- Andean mountain cat with a weight of 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs)
- Pudú with a weight of 9.61 kilos (21.19 lbs)
- Tana River red colobus with a weight of 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Cape grysbok with a weight of 10.47 kilos (23.08 lbs)
- Honey badger with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- François’ langur with a weight of 8.16 kilos (17.99 lbs)
- Fishing cat with a weight of 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs)