It is hard to guess what a Juliana’s golden mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Juliana’s golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae) on average weights 21 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Juliana’s golden mole is from the family Chrysochloridae (genus: Neamblysomus). 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
- Duthie’s golden mole with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Sclater’s golden mole with a weight of 39 grams
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Visagie’s golden mole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Grant’s golden mole with a weight of 22 grams
- Cape golden mole with a weight of 39 grams
- Arends’s golden mole with a weight of 52 grams
- Van Zyl’s golden mole with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
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 Neamblysomus julianae:
- Kangaroo Island dunnart bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Pallid bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Bank vole bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Savanna swamp shrew bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Eastern false pipistrelle bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Woodland jumping mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Small-toothed harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Gracile shrew tenrec bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Cactus mouse bringing 22 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:
- Rümmler’s brush mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Savanna path shrew with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Serra do Mar grass mouse with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Cape elephant shrew with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pearson’s chaco mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- One-toothed shrew mouse with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Lesser tree mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Meadow jumping mouse with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dian’s tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)