How big does a Stoat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Stoat (Mustela erminea) reaches an average size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 7.08 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 284 grams (0.63 lbs). A Stoat has 6 babies at once. The Stoat (genus: Mustela) is a member of the family Mustelidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the ermine, is a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.The name ermine is used for species in the genus Mustela, especially the stoat, in its pure white winter coat, or the fur thereof.In the late 19th century, it was introduced into New Zealand to control rabbits, where they have had a devastating effect on native bird populations. It was nominated as one of the world’s top 100 “worst invaders”.Ermine luxury fur was used in the 15th century by Catholic monarchs, who sometimes used it as the mozzetta cape. It was also used in capes on images such as the Infant Jesus of Prague.
Animals of the same family as a Stoat
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Mountain weasel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Steppe polecat with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- American mink with a size of 36.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Least weasel with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Neotropical otter with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Saharan striped polecat with a size of 24.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Patagonian weasel with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Stoat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Stoat:
- Chacoan tuco-tuco with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Gambian sun squirrel with a size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Plantain squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Palawan montane squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Isarog shrew-rat with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Stoat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Stoat:
- Townsend’s pocket gopher
- Bornean bearded pig
- Desert dormouse
- North American brown lemming
- Arctic ground squirrel
- Siberian weasel
- Siberian brown lemming
- Round-tailed ground squirrel
- Alaskan hare
- Woolly mouse opossum
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Stoat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Stoat:
- American hog-nosed skunk with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Collared pika with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Lesser grison with an average maximal age of 7.25 years
- American pika with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Eastern quoll with an average maximal age of 6.75 years
- Mongolian gazelle with an average maximal age of 7 years
- White-tailed rat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Long-tailed weasel with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Stoat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mustela erminea:
- Gambian sun squirrel bringing 248 grams to the scale
- Peruvian tree-rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- White-tailed olalla rat bringing 274 grams to the scale
- Madagascan fruit bat bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Common punaré bringing 298 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 302 grams to the scale
- Emilia’s marmoset bringing 309 grams to the scale
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Maule tuco-tuco bringing 235 grams to the scale