How big does a Small Indian civet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) reaches an average size of 54 cm (1′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 10.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs). A Small Indian civet has 3 babies at once. The Small Indian civet (genus: Viverricula) 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 small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.The small Indian civet is a monotypic genus.
Animals of the same family as a Small Indian civet
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Johnston’s genet bringing 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs) to the scale
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Malabar large-spotted civet with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Fossa (animal) with a size of 72.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Small Indian civet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Small Indian civet:
- White-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Royal antelope with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-rumped agouti with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Small Indian civet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Small Indian civet:
- Neacomys tenuipes
- Long-eared hedgehog
- Hispid pocket mouse
- Namaqua rock rat
- Common punaré
- Black-footed ferret
- Collared pika
- Numbat
- Coast mole
- Dusky caenolestid
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Small Indian civet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Small Indian civet:
- Fisher (animal) with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Southern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Central American agouti with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Blue duiker with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Marbled polecat with an average maximal age of 8.92 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Crab-eating fox with an average maximal age of 11.5 years
- Common noctule with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Small Indian civet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Viverricula indica:
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Orinoco agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Long-tailed pangolin with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Quokka with a weight of 3.03 kilos (6.68 lbs)
- Eastern hare-wallaby with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Aye-aye with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs)
- Common brown lemur with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- African brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)