It is hard to guess what a Balkan mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Balkan mole (Talpa stankovici) on average weights 70 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Balkan 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 Balkan mole (Talpa stankovici) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Greece, including the island of Corfu.
Animals of the same family as a Balkan mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Chinese shrew mole with a weight of 16 grams
- Echigo mole with a weight of 163 grams
- True’s shrew mole with a weight of 14 grams
- Japanese mountain mole with a weight of 25 grams
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Coast mole with a weight of 61 grams
- Small Japanese mole with a weight of 65 grams
- Inquisitive shrew mole with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Star-nosed mole with a weight of 48 grams
- Spanish mole with a weight of 48 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Balkan mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Talpa stankovici:
- Sundevall’s jird bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Marmoset rat bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Big deer mouse bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Slender Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Inca Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Robinson’s mouse opossum bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Hairy-eared dwarf lemur bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys lamia bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Chelemys macronyx bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Dark-tailed tree rat bringing 71 grams to the scale