It is hard to guess what a Broad-footed mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus) on average weights 61 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Broad-footed mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Scapanus). They can live for up to 3 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Broad-footed moles can have babies 1 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 broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Baja California in Mexico and in California, Nevada and Oregon in the United States at elevations up to 3000 m above sea level.
Animals of the same family as a Broad-footed mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Balkan mole with a weight of 70 grams
- Hairy-tailed mole with a weight of 51 grams
- Echigo mole with a weight of 163 grams
- Kloss’s mole with 4 babies per litter
- Japanese mountain mole with a weight of 25 grams
- Blind mole with a weight of 70 grams
- Sado mole with a weight of 131 grams
- Russian desman with a weight of 420 grams
- Japanese shrew mole with a weight of 18 grams
- Star-nosed mole with a weight of 48 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Broad-footed mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Scapanus latimanus:
- Chelemys macronyx bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Angular hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Balkan mole bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Broad-striped dasyure bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed chipmunk bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Andean swamp rat bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Indian bush rat bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Flat-headed vole bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Ruschi’s rat bringing 63 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Broad-footed mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Broad-footed mole:
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Low’s squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed vole with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sundevall’s jird with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Robust yellow bat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Jentink’s flying squirrel with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Western rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Broad-footed mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Broad-footed mole:
- Handleyomys melanotis
- Holochilus brasiliensis
- Severtzov’s jerboa
- Namaqua rock rat
- Reddish-gray musk shrew
- Plains harvest mouse
- Texas mouse
- Yucatan deer mouse
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse
- Bushy-tailed woodrat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Broad-footed mole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Broad-footed mole:
- Narrow-nosed planigale with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Southwestern water vole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Sminthopsis laniger with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Small Japanese mole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Raffray’s bandicoot with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Brants’s climbing mouse with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- White-footed mouse with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Vinogradov’s jird with an average maximal age of 3.33 years
- Lowland streaked tenrec with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Etruscan shrew with an average maximal age of 2.67 years