• Female European marbled polecats can become mothers as early as three months after birth. This happens much faster than in males, which reach maturity after about a year.
• Gestation lasts 8–11 months because of delayed implantation.
• In captivity it has lived about 8 years.

The development of the pangolin begins with the "Embryo" stage, when the embryo develops inside the mother. After birth, offspring are born blind and helpless, the mother feeds them with milk in a burrow, and the "Offspring" stage lasts from 1 day to 1 month 3 weeks. The offspring's eyes open at an age of from 3 weeks to 1 month 1 week, and the age of sexual maturity occurs from 2 months 2 weeks to 4 months 1 week. Adult pangolins live independently, hunt, and can produce offspring, with the "Adult" stage lasting from 1 year to 8 years 3 months. The typical lifespan of the species is from 3 to 9 years, the maximum is 8 years 10 months, and the theoretical is from 4 years 5 months to 7 years 11 months.