It is hard to guess what a Southern marsupial mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops) on average weights 56 grams (0.12 lbs).
The Southern marsupial mole is from the family Notoryctidae (genus: Notoryctes). They can live for up to 1.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.4 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Southern marsupial moles have 1 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.
The southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), also known as the itjaritjari or itjari-itjari, is a mole-like marsupial found in the western central deserts of Australia. It is extremely adapted to a burrowing way of life. It has large, shovel-like forepaws and silky fur, which helps it move easily. It also lacks complete eyes as it has little need for them. It feeds on earthworms and larvae.
Animals with the same weight as a Southern marsupial mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Notoryctes typhlops:
- Oecomys concolor bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- South African pouched mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys auriventer bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Greater Wilfred’s mouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Red mouse opossum bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Lodgepole chipmunk bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Woosnam’s broad-headed mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Hylaeamys oniscus bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Southern marsupial mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern marsupial mole:
- Panama slender opossum with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Round-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Andean caenolestid with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern marsupial mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern marsupial mole:
- Fraser’s dolphin
- Horse
- Papuan bandicoot
- Mexican gray squirrel
- Black crested gibbon
- American bison
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby
- Pagai Island macaque
- Klipspringer
- Macroscelides proboscideus
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Southern marsupial mole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Southern marsupial mole:
- Southern red-backed vole with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Long-clawed shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Southern red-backed vole with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Brush mouse with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- White-eared opossum with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Long-tailed planigale with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Himalayan mole with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Atlantic bamboo rat with an average maximal age of 1.58 years
- American water shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Campbell’s dwarf hamster with an average maximal age of 1.75 years