It is hard to guess what a Eastern mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) on average weights 87 grams (0.19 lbs).
The Eastern mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Scalopus). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 6.17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.5 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Eastern 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 eastern mole or common mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a medium-sized, overall grey North American mole and the only member of the genus Scalopus. Its large, hairless, spade-shaped forefeet are adapted for digging. The species is native to Canada (Ontario), Mexico, and the eastern United States, and has the widest range of any North American mole.The species prefers the loamy soils found in thin woods, fields, pastures, and meadows, and builds both deep and shallow burrows characterized by discarded excess soil collected in molehills. Its nest is composed of leaves and grasses, and its two to five young are on their own at about four weeks. Its diet consists principally of earthworms and other soil life, but the eastern mole will also eat vegetable matter.Dogs, cats, foxes, and coyotes prey upon the eastern mole, and the species hosts a variety of parasites. Unlike gophers, moles do not eat vegetation and pose no threat to human concerns; the occasional damage to lawns is offset by the aeration provided the soil and consumption of insects. The construction of golf courses has provided the mole with ideal habitat. The species is abundant, occurs in protected areas, faces no major threats and is of little concern to conservationists.
Animals of the same family as a Eastern mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Gansu mole with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Coast mole with a weight of 61 grams
- Hairy-tailed mole with a weight of 51 grams
- Townsend’s mole with a weight of 70 grams
- True’s shrew mole with a weight of 15 grams
- European mole with a weight of 86 grams
- Broad-footed mole with a weight of 61 grams
- Small Japanese mole with a weight of 64 grams
- Echigo mole with a weight of 163 grams
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same weight as a Eastern mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Scalopus aquaticus:
- Puna mouse bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Bare-backed rousette bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Big-eared kangaroo rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Kimberley rock rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Forest Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Southern climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Diminutive woodrat bringing 80 grams to the scale
- Bushveld gerbil bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Arnhem Land rock rat bringing 94 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Eastern mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eastern mole:
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Shaw Mayer’s water rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Western New Guinea mountain rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Panama slender opossum with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Large tree mouse with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Marajó short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dwarf flying fox with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed vole with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eastern mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Eastern mole:
- Cape gerbil
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat
- American hog-nosed skunk
- Red river hog
- Swamp musk shrew
- Dark kangaroo mouse
- Pale kangaroo mouse
- North American beaver
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Eastern mole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Eastern mole:
- American hog-nosed skunk with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Cuban solenodon with an average maximal age of 6.5 years
- Kowari with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Peters’s climbing rat with an average maximal age of 5.33 years
- Dark kangaroo mouse with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Rakali with an average maximal age of 6.17 years
- Bunny rat with an average maximal age of 5.5 years
- Gray short-tailed opossum with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Xerus erythropus with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Woylie with an average maximal age of 6.5 years