How big does a European pine marten get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown European pine marten (Martes martes) reaches an average size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 17 years, they grow from 30 grams (0.07 lbs) to 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs). A European pine marten has 3 babies at once. The European pine marten (genus: Martes) 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 European pine marten (Martes martes) is a mustelid native to Northern Europe.It is known most commonly as the pine marten in anglophone Europe, and less commonly also known as baum marten, or sweet marten.
Animals of the same family as a European pine marten
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- American hog-nosed skunk with a size of 42.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- Black-footed ferret with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Marbled polecat with a size of 31.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Palawan stink badger with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Honey badger with a size of 68.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Eastern spotted skunk with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Sea otter with a size of 1.44 meter (4′ 9″)
Animals with the same size as a European pine marten
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as European pine marten:
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Cape hare with a size of 42.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Lion-tailed macaque with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Snowshoe hare with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Ruddy mongoose with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Crested mona monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a European pine marten
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a European pine marten:
- Transandinomys bolivaris
- Crab-eating mongoose
- Northern collared lemming
- Fat mouse
- Xerus erythropus
- Large-eared tenrec
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel
- Palmer’s chipmunk
- Long-tailed marmot
- Plains rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a European pine marten
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a European pine marten:
- Raccoon dog with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Greater false vampire bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Common pipistrelle with an average maximal age of 16.67 years
- Common warthog with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Javan warty pig with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Brazilian porcupine with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Bay duiker with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Red river hog with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Steenbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Malabar large-spotted civet with an average maximal age of 14 years
Animals with the same weight as a European pine marten
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Martes martes:
- Northern viscacha with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
- Atlantic titi with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Indian grey mongoose with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)