It is hard to guess what a Sclater’s golden mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Sclater’s golden mole (Chlorotalpa sclateri) on average weights 39 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Sclater’s golden mole is from the family Chrysochloridae (genus: Chlorotalpa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Sclater’s golden moles have 2 babies per litter.
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.
Sclater’s golden mole (Chlorotalpa sclateri) is a species of mammal in the family Chrysochloridae. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas. This species is locally common, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Sclater’s golden mole
We found other animals of the Chrysochloridae family:
- De Winton’s golden mole with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Stuhlmann’s golden mole with a weight of 56 grams
- Arends’s golden mole with a weight of 52 grams
- Juliana’s golden mole with a weight of 22 grams
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Juliana’s golden mole with a weight of 21 grams
- Hottentot golden mole with a weight of 65 grams
- Yellow golden mole with a weight of 24 grams
- Cape golden mole with a weight of 39 grams
- Rough-haired golden mole with a weight of 112 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Sclater’s golden mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chlorotalpa sclateri:
- Goldman’s water mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Molina’s grass mouse bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Rock dormouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Hispid pocket mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Common vampire bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Hatt’s vesper rat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Guatemalan vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Dusky hopping mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sclater’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 Sclater’s golden mole:
- Blue-gray mouse with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Parantechinus bilarni with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Tundra vole with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Horsfield’s tarsier with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Incan caenolestid with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dickey’s deer mouse with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Robert’s hocicudo with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Sclater’s golden mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Sclater’s golden mole: