It is hard to guess what a Yellow-throated marten weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) on average weights 2.5 kg (5.52 lbs).
The Yellow-throated marten is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Martes). It is usually born with about 57 grams (0.13 lbs). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 55 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Yellow-throated 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 yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) is a marten species native to Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats.The yellow-throated marten is also known as the kharza, and is the largest marten in the Old World, with the tail making up more than half its length. Its fur is brightly colored, consisting of a unique blend of black, white, golden-yellow and brown. It is an omnivore, whose sources of food range from fruit and nectar to small deer. The yellow-throated marten is a fearless animal with few natural predators, because of its powerful build, its bright coloration and unpleasant odor. It shows little fear of humans or dogs, and is easily tamed.Although similar in several respects to the smaller beech marten, it is sharply differentiated from other martens by its unique color and the structure of its baculum. It is probably the most ancient form of marten, having likely originated during the Pliocene, as indicated by its geographical distribution and its atypical coloration.The first written description of the yellow-throated marten in the Western World is given by Thomas Pennant in his History of Quadrupeds (1781), in which he named it “White-cheeked Weasel”. Pieter Boddaert featured it in his Elenchus Animalium with the name Mustela flavigula. For a long period after the Elenchus’ publication, the existence of the yellow-throated marten was considered doubtful by many zoologists, until a skin was presented to the Museum of the East India Company in 1824 by Thomas Hardwicke.
Animals of the same family as a Yellow-throated marten
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Back-striped weasel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- American mink with a weight of 904 grams
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Striped skunk bringing 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy spotted skunk with a weight of 365 grams
- European mink with a weight of 567 grams
- Tayra bringing 4.14 kilos (9.13 lbs) to the scale
- Eurasian otter bringing 8.86 kilos (19.53 lbs) to the scale
- American hog-nosed skunk bringing 2.58 kilos (5.69 lbs) to the scale
- Asian small-clawed otter bringing 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-throated marten
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Martes flavigula:
- Ground cuscus with a weight of 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs)
- Mexican cottontail with a weight of 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs)
- Bates’s pygmy antelope with a weight of 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs)
- Tufted capuchin with a weight of 2.76 kilos (6.08 lbs)
- Rock hyrax with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Dusky pademelon with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Eastern falanouc with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Japanese hare with a weight of 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a weight of 2.52 kilos (5.56 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Yellow-throated marten
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Yellow-throated marten:
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Gelada with a size of 62 cm (2′ 1″)
- Proboscis monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Otter civet with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Diademed sifaka with a size of 50.1 cm (1′ 8″)
- White-bellied spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Nilgiri langur with a size of 55.3 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Yellow-throated marten
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Yellow-throated marten:
- Tullberg’s soft-furred mouse
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse
- Hog badger
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse
- Himalayan pika
- Mesquite mouse
- Smooth-coated otter
- Brandt’s hedgehog
- Small Indian civet
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Yellow-throated marten
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Yellow-throated marten:
- Black-footed cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Silver-haired bat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Maned wolf with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Water deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Gerenuk with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Gray brocket with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Royal antelope with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Urial with an average maximal age of 13.75 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Banded palm civet with an average maximal age of 12 years