It is hard to guess what a European pine marten weights. But we have the answer:
An adult European pine marten (Martes martes) on average weights 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs).
The European pine 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 17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.7 cm (1′ 6″). Usually, European pine 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 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:
- Beech marten bringing 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs) to the scale
- American hog-nosed skunk bringing 2.58 kilos (5.69 lbs) to the scale
- Marbled polecat with a weight of 594 grams
- Cameroon clawless otter bringing 21.6 kilos (47.62 lbs) to the scale
- Striped hog-nosed skunk bringing 2.01 kilos (4.43 lbs) to the scale
- Sunda stink badger bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Hairy-nosed otter bringing 5.97 kilos (13.16 lbs) to the scale
- North American river otter bringing 8.09 kilos (17.84 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain weasel with a weight of 180 grams
- Hog badger bringing 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs) to the scale
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:
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Eastern woolly lemur with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Red giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Hispaniolan hutia with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Greater grison with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
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:
- Flat-headed cat with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Colombian white-faced capuchin with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Red-bellied lemur with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red-eared guenon with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Platypus with a size of 41.9 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Red lemur with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
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:
- Swamp rabbit
- Long-tailed marmot
- Southern big-eared mouse
- Pyrenean desman
- Nephelomys albigularis
- Crawford’s gray shrew
- Kashmir flying squirrel
- Alpine pika
- Mountain hare
- Trowbridge’s shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a European pine marten
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a European pine marten:
- Golden-backed uakari with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Asian golden cat with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Waterbuck with an average maximal age of 19.92 years
- Southern reedbuck with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Kit fox with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Northern greater galago with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Red slender loris with an average maximal age of 16.33 years
- Gray-bellied night monkey with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Pond bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years