It is hard to guess what a Greater mole-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) on average weights 470 grams (1.04 lbs).
The Greater mole-rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Spalax). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.2 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Greater mole-rats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Russia and Ukraine.
Animals of the same family as a Greater mole-rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Cerradomys subflavus with a weight of 49 grams
- Kemp’s gerbil with a weight of 101 grams
- New Holland mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Savile’s bandicoot rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Lesser Egyptian gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
- Temminck’s mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Zempoaltépec vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Sonoran harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater mole-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spalax microphthalmus:
- Mexican gray squirrel bringing 456 grams to the scale
- Moustached tamarin bringing 557 grams to the scale
- Volcano rabbit bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Mauritian flying fox bringing 473 grams to the scale
- Pied tamarin bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Giant pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Checkered elephant shrew bringing 424 grams to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum bringing 458 grams to the scale
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy bringing 450 grams to the scale
- Desert hedgehog bringing 396 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater mole-rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Greater mole-rat: