How big does a Eurasian otter get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) reaches an average size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 22 years, they grow from 285 grams (0.63 lbs) to 8.86 kg (19.54 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Eurasian otters have 2 babies about 1 times per year. The Eurasian otter (genus: Lutra) is a member of the family Mustelidae.
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 Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in some parts of its range, but is recovering in others.
Animals of the same family as a Eurasian otter
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Hairy-nosed otter with a size of 76.5 cm (2′ 7″)
- Bornean ferret-badger with 2 babies per litter
- American mink with a size of 36.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- European polecat with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Honey badger with a size of 68.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a size of 42.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.4 cm (2′ 0″)
- European mink with a size of 36.1 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same size as a Eurasian otter
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eurasian otter:
- Rhesus macaque with a size of 55.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tayra with a size of 61.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Bonobo with a size of 75.3 cm (2′ 6″)
- Pampas fox with a size of 62.2 cm (2′ 1″)
- Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth with a size of 69 cm (2′ 4″)
- Silvery gibbon with a size of 67.6 cm (2′ 3″)
- Indian crested porcupine with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Pygathrix bieti with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.7 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eurasian otter
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Eurasian otter:
- Large tree mouse
- Cape ground squirrel
- Greater bamboo bat
- Pichi
- Desmarest’s hutia
- Asian particolored bat
- Javan mongoose
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat
- Edward’s swamp rat
- Greater mole-rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Eurasian otter
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Eurasian otter:
- Aardwolf with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Swift fox with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Mantled guereza with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Fringed myotis with an average maximal age of 18.25 years
- White-tailed deer with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Subantarctic fur seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- European rabbit with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Roan antelope with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Giant forest hog with an average maximal age of 18 years
Animals with the same weight as a Eurasian otter
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lutra lutra:
- Angola colobus with a weight of 8.99 kilos (19.82 lbs)
- Greater long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 9.7 kilos (21.38 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a weight of 7.6 kilos (16.76 lbs)
- Assam macaque with a weight of 8.55 kilos (18.85 lbs)
- Aardwolf with a weight of 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a weight of 8.44 kilos (18.61 lbs)
- Cape grysbok with a weight of 10.47 kilos (23.08 lbs)
- Red-faced spider monkey with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
- East Javan langur with a weight of 9.72 kilos (21.43 lbs)
- Red-shanked douc with a weight of 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs)