It is hard to guess what a Blind mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Blind mole (Talpa caeca) on average weights 70 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Blind mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Talpa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12 cm (0′ 5″).
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 blind mole (Talpa caeca), also known as the Mediterranean mole, is a mole found in the Mediterranean region. It is similar to the European mole, differing most prominently in having eyes covered with skin. It is found in Albania, France, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Turkey.
Animals of the same family as a Blind mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Japanese shrew mole with a weight of 18 grams
- Coast mole with a weight of 61 grams
- Star-nosed mole with a weight of 48 grams
- European mole with a weight of 86 grams
- Himalayan mole with a weight of 60 grams
- Small Japanese mole with a weight of 65 grams
- Broad-footed mole with a weight of 61 grams
- Eastern mole with a weight of 87 grams
- Small Japanese mole with a weight of 64 grams
- Altai mole with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Blind mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Talpa caeca:
- Long-tailed mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys keaysi bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Oecomys rutilus bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Dusky antechinus bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Small five-toed jerboa bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mountain rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Bunny rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Heermann’s kangaroo rat bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Blind mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Blind mole:
- Maritime striped squirrel with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Heermann’s kangaroo rat with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- False water rat with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- California vole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed vole with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hispid pocket mouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Stolička’s mountain vole with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)