It is hard to guess what a Damaraland mole-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis) on average weights 112 grams (0.25 lbs).
The Damaraland mole-rat is from the family Bathyergidae (genus: Cryptomys). It is usually born with about 8 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.4 cm (0′ 9″). On average, Damaraland mole-rats can have babies 4 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller, less hairy, naked mole rat, it is one of only two known eusocial mammals.
Animals of the same family as a Damaraland mole-rat
We found other animals of the Bathyergidae family:
- Mechow’s mole-rat with a weight of 272 grams
- Namaqua dune mole-rat with a weight of 389 grams
- Cape mole-rat with a weight of 189 grams
- Zambian mole-rat with a weight of 76 grams
- Ansell’s mole-rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Cape dune mole-rat with a weight of 804 grams
- Common mole-rat with a weight of 74 grams
- Ochre mole-rat with a weight of 200 grams
- Silvery mole-rat with a weight of 160 grams
- Naked mole-rat with a weight of 39 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Damaraland mole-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptomys damarensis:
- Ruwenzori otter shrew bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed gerbil bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Fat sand rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Roman mole bringing 92 grams to the scale
- African grass rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s gerbil bringing 101 grams to the scale
- Ghost bat bringing 124 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Damaraland mole-rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Damaraland mole-rat: