It is hard to guess what a Nilgiri marten weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) on average weights 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs).
The Nilgiri marten is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Martes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.3 cm (1′ 9″).
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 Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) is the only marten species native to southern India. It lives in the hills of the Nilgiris and parts of the Western Ghats. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Nilgiri marten
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- European mink with a weight of 567 grams
- Back-striped weasel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Hog badger bringing 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs) to the scale
- Striped skunk bringing 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain weasel with a weight of 180 grams
- Saharan striped polecat with a weight of 218 grams
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Fisher (animal) bringing 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs) to the scale
- Sable bringing 1.17 kilos (2.58 lbs) to the scale
- Least weasel with a weight of 79 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nilgiri marten
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Martes gwatkinsii:
- Swamp rabbit with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Beech marten with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Gambian mongoose with a weight of 1.64 kilos (3.62 lbs)
- Swift fox with a weight of 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Common brown lemur with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Sanford’s brown lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Subalpine woolly rat with a weight of 1.99 kilos (4.39 lbs)
- Small dorcopsis with a weight of 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Nilgiri marten
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Nilgiri marten:
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Celebes crested macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Suni with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Java mouse-deer with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a size of 41.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Ground pangolin with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black bearded saki with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)