It is hard to guess what a Roman mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Roman mole (Talpa romana) on average weights 92 grams (0.2 lbs).
The Roman mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Talpa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Roman mole (Talpa romana) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in southern Italy. It was last recorded on Sicily in 1885. There is also an unconfirmed report about an isolated subpopulation in the Var region of southern France.
Animals of the same family as a Roman mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Kloss’s mole with 4 babies per litter
- Echigo mole with a weight of 163 grams
- Japanese shrew mole with a weight of 18 grams
- Gansu mole with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Star-nosed mole with a weight of 48 grams
- Kobe mole with a weight of 95 grams
- True’s shrew mole with a weight of 15 grams
- Balkan mole with a weight of 70 grams
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- True’s shrew mole with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Roman mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Talpa romana:
- Townsend’s chipmunk bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Harrington’s rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Santander dwarf squirrel bringing 99 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Green bush squirrel bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Long-footed water rat bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s thicket rat bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Kobe mole bringing 95 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Roman mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Roman mole:
- Desert woodrat with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hastings River mouse with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Dusky slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Texas kangaroo rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dollman’s melomys with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Tsing-ling pika with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Northern collared lemming with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)