It is hard to guess what a Eurasian beaver weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) on average weights 19 kg (41.89 lbs).
The Eurasian beaver is from the family Castoridae (genus: Castor). It is usually born with about 551 grams (1.21 lbs). They can live for up to 25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 75.7 cm (2′ 6″). On average, Eurasian beavers can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a beaver species that was once widespread in Eurasia, but was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum. At the turn of the 20th century, only about 1,200 beavers survived in eight relict populations in Europe and Asia. It has been reintroduced to much of its former range, and now occurs from Spain, Central Europe, Great Britain and Scandinavia to a few regions in China and Mongolia. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List, as it recovered well in most of Europe. It is extinct in Portugal, Moldova, and Turkey.
Animals of the same family as a Eurasian beaver
We found other animals of the Castoridae family:
- North American beaver bringing 18.11 kilos (39.93 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Eurasian beaver
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Castor fiber:
- Arabian tahr with a weight of 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs)
- Zebra duiker with a weight of 15.53 kilos (34.24 lbs)
- Black duiker with a weight of 19 kilos (41.89 lbs)
- Indian muntjac with a weight of 17.51 kilos (38.6 lbs)
- Chinkara with a weight of 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs)
- North American beaver with a weight of 18.11 kilos (39.93 lbs)
- Dwarf brocket with a weight of 16.04 kilos (35.36 lbs)
- Grey rhebok with a weight of 22.62 kilos (49.87 lbs)
- Roe deer with a weight of 22.45 kilos (49.49 lbs)
- Speke’s gazelle with a weight of 20 kilos (44.09 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eurasian beaver
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Eurasian beaver:
- Littledale’s whistling rat
- Meller’s mongoose
- Radde’s shrew
- Western barbastelle
- African clawless otter
- Greater tree mouse
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot
- Target rat
- Greater bilby
- Java pipistrelle
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Eurasian beaver
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Eurasian beaver:
- False killer whale with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Vicuña with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- African civet with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Binturong with an average maximal age of 22.67 years
- North American river otter with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Galápagos fur seal with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Honey badger with an average maximal age of 26.5 years
- Black crested mangabey with an average maximal age of 26.75 years