How big does a Marsh mongoose get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) reaches an average size of 50 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 17.42 years, they grow from 100 grams (0.22 lbs) to 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Marsh mongooses have 2 babies about 2 times per year. The Marsh mongoose (genus: Atilax) is a member of the family Herpestidae.
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 marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) is a medium-sized mongoose native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it inhabits foremost freshwater wetlands. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008.
Animals of the same family as a Marsh mongoose
We found other animals of the Herpestidae family:
- Javan mongoose with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Stripe-necked mongoose with a size of 47.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Banded mongoose with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Common kusimanse with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a size of 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Jackson’s mongoose bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Marsh mongoose
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Marsh mongoose:
- Hispid hare with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Purple-faced langur with a size of 58.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Stump-tailed macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.4 cm (2′ 0″)
- Arctic hare with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Common genet with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Crested mona monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Marsh mongoose
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Marsh mongoose:
- Cape hare
- Bushpig
- Highland streaked tenrec
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
- Aardwolf
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
- Golden lion tamarin
- Western gray squirrel
- Red panda
- Nyctophilus corbeni
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Marsh mongoose
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Marsh mongoose:
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Roan antelope with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Thomson’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Small-toothed palm civet with an average maximal age of 15.83 years
- Nilgiri tahr with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Black wildebeest with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Swamp wallaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 14.33 years
- Verreaux’s sifaka with an average maximal age of 20.58 years
Animals with the same weight as a Marsh mongoose
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Atilax paludinosus:
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a weight of 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs)
- Bates’s pygmy antelope with a weight of 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 3.37 kilos (7.43 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Campbell’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.63 kilos (8 lbs)
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Tiger quoll with a weight of 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)