How big does a Pale fox get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Pale fox (Vulpes pallida) reaches an average size of 43 cm (1′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 10 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs). A Pale fox has 4 babies at once. The Pale fox (genus: Vulpes) is a member of the family Canidae.
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 pale fox (Vulpes pallida) is a species of fox found in the band of African Sahel from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east. It is one of the least studied of all canid species, in part due to its remote habitat and its sandy coat that blends in well with the desert-like terrain.
Animals of the same family as a Pale fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-backed jackal with a size of 70.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Island fox with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- African wild dog with a size of 92.4 cm (3′ 1″)
- Fennec fox with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Side-striped jackal with a size of 74.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Sechuran fox with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Dhole with a size of 98.8 cm (3′ 3″)
- Bush dog with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
Animals with the same size as a Pale fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pale fox:
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Tres Marias rabbit with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Campbell’s mona monkey with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black-footed ferret with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a size of 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Cacomistle with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Pale fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Pale fox:
- Black-tailed gerbil
- Rudd’s mouse
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse
- Mountain cottontail
- Bushveld gerbil
- Gerbil mouse
- Hairy-tailed mole
- Giant kangaroo rat
- Turkestan red pika
- Northern birch mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Pale fox
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Pale fox:
- Marbled polecat with an average maximal age of 8.92 years
- Tasmanian devil with an average maximal age of 8.17 years
- Central American agouti with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Speke’s pectinator with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- American mink with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Black-tailed prairie dog with an average maximal age of 8.5 years
- Red acouchi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Chinese ferret-badger with an average maximal age of 10.5 years
- Pichi with an average maximal age of 9 years
Animals with the same weight as a Pale fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Vulpes pallida:
- White-nosed saki with a weight of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs)
- Striped skunk with a weight of 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a weight of 2.52 kilos (5.56 lbs)
- Black lemur with a weight of 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
- Cape fox with a weight of 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s cat with a weight of 2.73 kilos (6.02 lbs)
- Sand cat with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Yellow-throated marten with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)