It is hard to guess what a Bocage’s mole-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bocage’s mole-rat (Cryptomys bocagei) on average weights 93 grams (0.21 lbs).
The Bocage’s mole-rat is from the family Bathyergidae (genus: Cryptomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.3 cm (0′ 8″).
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.
Bocage’s mole-rat (Fukomys bocagei) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae.It is found in Angola, Namibia, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and caves.
Animals of the same family as a Bocage’s mole-rat
We found other animals of the Bathyergidae family:
- Silvery mole-rat with a weight of 160 grams
- Common mole-rat with a weight of 74 grams
- Mashona mole-rat with a weight of 65 grams
- Mechow’s mole-rat with a weight of 272 grams
- Cape dune mole-rat with a weight of 804 grams
- Namaqua dune mole-rat with a weight of 389 grams
- Zambian mole-rat with a weight of 76 grams
- Ansell’s mole-rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Cape mole-rat with a weight of 189 grams
- Ochre mole-rat with a weight of 200 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bocage’s mole-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptomys bocagei:
- Golden hamster bringing 98 grams to the scale
- Plain brush-tailed rat bringing 105 grams to the scale
- Kaiser’s rock rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Leschenault’s rousette bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Northern three-toed jerboa bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Bramble Cay melomys bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Biak glider bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Coxing’s white-bellied rat bringing 80 grams to the scale
- Southern mole vole bringing 80 grams to the scale