It is hard to guess what a Beech marten weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Beech marten (Martes foina) on average weights 1.67 kg (3.69 lbs).
The Beech marten is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Martes). It is usually born with about 30 grams (0.07 lbs). They can live for up to 18.08 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 46 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Beech martens have 3 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The beech marten (Martes foina), also known as the stone marten, house marten or white breasted marten, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia, though it has established a feral population in North America. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its wide distribution, its large population, and its presence in a number of protected areas. It is superficially similar to the pine marten, but differs from it by its smaller size and habitat preferences. While the pine marten is a forest specialist, the beech marten is a more generalist and adaptable species, occurring in a number of open and forest habitats.
Animals of the same family as a Beech marten
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Giant otter bringing 26 kilos (57.32 lbs) to the scale
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Sea otter bringing 27.46 kilos (60.54 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted-necked otter bringing 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs) to the scale
- European mink with a weight of 567 grams
- Amazon weasel with a weight of 268 grams
- Neotropical otter bringing 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs) to the scale
- Lesser grison bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Black-footed ferret with a weight of 907 grams
- Asian small-clawed otter bringing 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Beech marten
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Martes foina:
- Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat with a weight of 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs)
- Burmese ferret-badger with a weight of 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs)
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
- Aquatic genet with a weight of 1.65 kilos (3.64 lbs)
- Long-footed potoroo with a weight of 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs)
- Abyssinian genet with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- Tree pangolin with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Beech marten
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Beech marten:
- Brown woolly monkey with a size of 53.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Small dorcopsis with a size of 38.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Wedge-capped capuchin with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Haussa genet with a size of 42 cm (1′ 5″)
- Raccoon with a size of 48.6 cm (1′ 8″)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Maroon leaf monkey with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Beech marten
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Beech marten:
- Pinyon mouse
- Plains harvest mouse
- Hylaeamys megacephalus
- Black-tailed dasyure
- Guinea pig
- Southwestern water vole
- Dusky caenolestid
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse
- Lesser mole-rat
- Painted spiny pocket mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Beech marten
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Beech marten:
- Common vampire bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Scimitar oryx with an average maximal age of 20.42 years
- Golden-backed uakari with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Lowland paca with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Tayra with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur with an average maximal age of 19.25 years
- Gray mouse lemur with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Japanese serow with an average maximal age of 18.5 years