It is hard to guess what a Olympic marmot weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) on average weights 6.3 kg (13.89 lbs).
The Olympic marmot is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Marmota). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.4 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Olympic marmots have 4 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 Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae; it occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, on the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was declared the official endemic mammal of Washington.This marmot is about the size of a domestic cat, typically weighing about 8 kg (18 lb) in summer. The species shows the greatest sexual dimorphism found in marmots, with adult males weighing on average 23% more than females. It can be identified by a wide head, small eyes and ears, stubby legs, and a long, bushy tail. Its sharp, rounded claws aid in digging burrows. The coat color changes with the season and with age, but an adult marmot’s coat is brown all over with small whiter areas for most of the year.The species has a diet consisting mainly of a variety of meadow flora, including dry grasses, which it also uses as bedding in burrows. It is preyed on by various terrestrial mammals and avian raptors, but its main predator today is the coyote. The Olympic marmot is rated a species of the least concern on the IUCN Red List. It is protected by law in the Olympic National Park, which contains most of its habitat.The burrows of this marmot are made in colonies, which are found in various mountain locations and differ in size. A colony may contain as few as one marmot family or multiple families with up to 40 marmots. Olympic marmots are very sociable animals which often engage in play fighting and vocalize four different whistles to communicate. During hibernation beginning in September, they are in a deep sleep and do not eat, causing them to lose half their body mass. Adults emerge in May and their young in June. Female marmots reach sexual maturity at three years of age, and produce litters of 1–6 every other mating season.
Animals of the same family as a Olympic marmot
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Western dwarf squirrel with a weight of 120 grams
- Palawan montane squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Barbary ground squirrel with a weight of 251 grams
- Southern flying squirrel with a weight of 72 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Boehm’s bush squirrel with a weight of 70 grams
- Black giant squirrel bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Townsend’s chipmunk with a weight of 79 grams
- Red-tailed chipmunk with a weight of 60 grams
- Striped bush squirrel with a weight of 160 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Olympic marmot
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmota olympus:
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth with a weight of 5.7 kilos (12.57 lbs)
- Lar gibbon with a weight of 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs)
- Tibetan sand fox with a weight of 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs)
- Guatemalan black howler with a weight of 7.19 kilos (15.85 lbs)
- Brown’s pademelon with a weight of 5.48 kilos (12.08 lbs)
- Black dorcopsis with a weight of 6.2 kilos (13.67 lbs)
- Agile mangabey with a weight of 7.11 kilos (15.67 lbs)
- Pig-tailed langur with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Thomas’s langur with a weight of 6.69 kilos (14.75 lbs)
- Crab-eating raccoon with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Olympic marmot
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Olympic marmot: