It is hard to guess what a Himalayan mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Himalayan mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Euroscaptor). They can live for up to 1.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.2 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 Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, and Nepal.
Animals of the same family as a Himalayan mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Spanish mole with a weight of 48 grams
- Russian desman with a weight of 420 grams
- Balkan mole with a weight of 70 grams
- Townsend’s mole with a weight of 70 grams
- American shrew mole with a weight of 9 grams
- Japanese shrew mole with a weight of 18 grams
- Gansu mole with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chinese shrew mole with a weight of 16 grams
- Inquisitive shrew mole with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hairy-tailed mole with a weight of 51 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Himalayan mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Euroscaptor micrura:
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Alexander’s bush squirrel bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Single-striped grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Marsh rice rat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Social vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Angolan rousette bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Hylaeamys yunganus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Arianus’s rat bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys lamia bringing 60 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Himalayan mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Himalayan mole:
- Silver mountain vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- One-striped opossum with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Spectral tarsier with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dayak fruit bat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Plains rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Greater tree mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow golden mole with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Ernst Mayr’s water rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Himalayan mole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Himalayan mole:
- Atlantic bamboo rat with an average maximal age of 1.58 years
- Ornate shrew with an average maximal age of 1.42 years
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- Southern marsupial mole with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- North American least shrew with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- Campbell’s dwarf hamster with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- American water shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Long-tailed planigale with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Long-clawed shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- White-eared opossum with an average maximal age of 1.67 years