How big does a Southern tree hyrax get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Southern tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) reaches an average size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 12.25 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 3.18 kg (7 lbs). A Southern tree hyrax has 1 babies at once. The Southern tree hyrax (genus: Dendrohyrax) is a member of the family Procaviidae.
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 southern tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) or also known as the southern tree dassie is a species of mammal in the family Procaviidae. The southern tree hyrax is mainly found in the south central eastern side of Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Southern tree hyrax
We found other animals of the Procaviidae family:
- Western tree hyrax with 1 babies per litter
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Heterohyrax antineae with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Southern tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 10 years
Animals with the same size as a Southern tree hyrax
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern tree hyrax:
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a size of 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Raccoon dog with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Rhesus macaque with a size of 55.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tufted ground squirrel with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sechuran fox with a size of 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Large-spotted civet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern tree hyrax
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern tree hyrax:
- Mountain zebra
- Brazilian brown bat
- Natterer’s bat
- Bush vlei rat
- Brown woolly monkey
- Mantled guereza
- Scrub hare
- Greater musky fruit bat
- Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat
- Black-footed cat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Southern tree hyrax
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Southern tree hyrax:
- Beira (antelope) with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Malayan civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Sharpe’s grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Allied rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Gray brocket with an average maximal age of 12 years
- South African springhare with an average maximal age of 14.5 years
- Jamaican fruit bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Oncilla with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Striped skunk with an average maximal age of 12.92 years
Animals with the same weight as a Southern tree hyrax
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrohyrax arboreus:
- Azara’s agouti with a weight of 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
- Rüppell’s fox with a weight of 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s cat with a weight of 2.73 kilos (6.02 lbs)
- Asian palm civet with a weight of 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha with a weight of 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a weight of 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs)
- Golden-backed uakari with a weight of 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs)
- Margay with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)