It is hard to guess what a True’s shrew mole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult True’s shrew mole (Urotrichus pilirostris) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The True’s shrew mole is from the family Talpidae (genus: Urotrichus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.5 cm (0′ 3″). On average, True’s shrew moles can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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.
True’s shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) and is a common species above 1000 meters in grassland, shrubland and forest.It is the only species in the genus Dymecodon. It has sometimes been considered belonging to the genus Urotrichus.
Animals of the same family as a True’s shrew mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- True’s shrew mole with a weight of 15 grams
- Echigo mole with a weight of 163 grams
- Kloss’s mole with 4 babies per litter
- Large mole with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Japanese mole with a weight of 82 grams
- Gansu mole with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Japanese mountain mole with a weight of 25 grams
- Spanish mole with a weight of 48 grams
- Chinese shrew mole with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a True’s shrew mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Urotrichus pilirostris:
- Miller’s long-tongued bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Asian barbastelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Pond bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Aztec mastiff bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Parti-coloured bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Flat-skulled shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Woermann’s bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Lesser noctule bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a True’s shrew mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as True’s shrew mole:
- Mexican long-tongued bat with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a size of 5.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tien Shan shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Plains pocket mouse with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Common noctule with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater mouse-tailed bat with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-tailed musk shrew with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a True’s shrew mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a True’s shrew mole: