How big does a Otter civet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Otter civet (Cynogale bennettii) reaches an average size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 4.25 kg (9.37 lbs). A Otter civet has 2 babies at once. The Otter civet (genus: Cynogale) 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 otter civet (Cynogale bennettii) is a semiaquatic civet native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It is listed as Endangered because of a serious ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 50% over the past three generations (estimated to be 15 years), inferred from direct habitat destruction, and indirect inferred declines due to pollutants.Cynogale is a monospecific genus.
Animals of the same family as a Otter civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Asian palm civet with a size of 53.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Small Indian civet with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- Crested servaline genet with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Haussa genet with a size of 42 cm (1′ 5″)
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- African civet with a size of 79.2 cm (2′ 8″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Malagasy civet with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Otter civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Otter civet:
- Southern river otter with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- North American river otter with a size of 68.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Hamadryas baboon with a size of 67.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Nilgiri langur with a size of 55.3 cm (1′ 10″)
- Suni with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Thollon’s red colobus with a size of 57 cm (1′ 11″)
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Pygathrix bieti with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Otter civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Otter civet:
- Burmese ferret-badger
- Southern Plains woodrat
- Woodland vole
- American pika
- Ruddy mongoose
- Gambian sun squirrel
- Banded mongoose
- Mexican harvest mouse
- Smith’s bush squirrel
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Otter civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Otter civet:
- Desert hedgehog with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Guyenne spiny rat with an average maximal age of 4.75 years
- Spix’s yellow-toothed cavy with an average maximal age of 4.58 years
- Central African oyan with an average maximal age of 5.33 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- House mouse with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Greater cane rat with an average maximal age of 4.25 years
- Brown four-eyed opossum with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Northern common cuscus with an average maximal age of 4 years
- European water vole with an average maximal age of 5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Otter civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cynogale bennettii:
- Arctic hare with a weight of 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs)
- Hairy long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 4.44 kilos (9.79 lbs)
- Blue duiker with a weight of 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs)
- Groundhog with a weight of 3.88 kilos (8.55 lbs)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a weight of 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Plains viscacha with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs)
- European wildcat with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)