How big does a Gansu mole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Gansu mole (Scapanulus oweni) reaches an average size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Gansu mole (genus: Scapanulus) is a member of the family Talpidae.
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 Gansu mole (Scapanulus oweni) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae endemic to China, where it occurs in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Qinghai. It is the only species in the genus Scapanulus. The mole is the only member of a tribe of genera commonly known as “New World moles”, the Scalopini, not to live in North America.
Animals of the same family as a Gansu mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Townsend’s mole with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Spanish mole with a weight of 48 grams
- Japanese shrew mole with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Inquisitive shrew mole with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hairy-tailed mole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Russian desman with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- European mole with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Large mole with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pyrenean desman with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Gansu mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gansu mole:
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Spinifex hopping mouse with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Egyptian free-tailed bat with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Typical striped grass mouse with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Woodland jumping mouse with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Ammodile with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Pale kangaroo mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Angolan rousette with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Taiwan field mouse with a size of 9.1 cm (0′ 4″)