It is hard to guess what a Juliana’s golden mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Juliana’s golden mole (Amblysomus julianae) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Juliana’s golden mole is from the family Chrysochloridae (genus: Amblysomus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10 cm (0′ 4″).
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.
Juliana’s golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae) is a golden mole endemic to South Africa. It is listed as an endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range. Golden moles are an ancient group of mammals that live mostly below ground. The eponymous Juliana is Juliana Meester, the wife of the South African zoologist who named this species.
Animals of the same family as a Juliana’s golden mole
We found other animals of the Chrysochloridae family:
- Arends’s golden mole with a weight of 52 grams
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Stuhlmann’s golden mole with a weight of 56 grams
- Giant golden mole with a weight of 440 grams
- Duthie’s golden mole with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Sclater’s golden mole with a weight of 39 grams
- Grant’s golden mole with a weight of 22 grams
- Cape golden mole with a weight of 39 grams
- Hottentot golden mole with a weight of 65 grams
- Visagie’s golden mole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Juliana’s golden mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Amblysomus julianae:
- Ugandan musk shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Hairy harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Brush mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Halcyon horseshoe bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Little yellow-shouldered bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- San Diego pocket mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Neacomys tenuipes bringing 19 grams to the scale
- White-footed mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Juliana’s golden mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Juliana’s golden mole:
- Ihering’s three-striped opossum with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gould’s mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern grasshopper mouse with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pinheiro’s slender opossum with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Wagner’s gerbil with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Smith’s shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern red-backed vole with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)