How big does a Servaline genet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Servaline genet (Genetta servalina) reaches an average size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 17 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.24 kg (2.74 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Servaline genets have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Servaline genet (genus: Genetta) 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 servaline genet (Genetta servalina) is a genet species native to Central Africa. As it is widely distributed and considered common, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Servaline genet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Fossa (animal) with a size of 72.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Small Indian civet with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Malagasy civet with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Golden palm civet with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Servaline genet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Servaline genet:
- White-cheeked spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a size of 52.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Crested mona monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Lesser grison with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tres Marias raccoon with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Southern muriqui with a size of 57.8 cm (1′ 11″)
- Burmese ferret-badger with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Servaline genet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Servaline genet:
- Gray bat
- Beluga whale
- Mantled howler
- Pale spear-nosed bat
- Java mouse-deer
- Rufous elephant shrew
- Delacour’s langur
- Black rhinoceros
- Sangihe tarsier
- Chinese pangolin
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Servaline genet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Servaline genet:
- Bay duiker with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Red hartebeest with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Pond bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Mountain goat with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 17.08 years
- Red giant flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Common duiker with an average maximal age of 14.25 years
- Mexican free-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Greater mouse-deer with an average maximal age of 16.25 years
Animals with the same weight as a Servaline genet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Genetta servalina:
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Long-nosed potoroo with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- European pine marten with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Telefomin cuscus with a weight of 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs)
- Giant golden-crowned flying fox with a weight of 1.09 kilos (2.4 lbs)
- Montane guinea pig with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)
- Woylie with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)