It is hard to guess what a Zambian mole-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Zambian mole-rat (Cryptomys amatus) on average weights 76 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Zambian mole-rat is from the family Bathyergidae (genus: Cryptomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.4 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Zambian mole-rat (Fukomys amatus) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is found in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Cryptomys hottentotus.
Animals of the same family as a Zambian mole-rat
We found other animals of the Bathyergidae family:
- Ansell’s mole-rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Bocage’s mole-rat with a weight of 93 grams
- Cape dune mole-rat with a weight of 804 grams
- Naked mole-rat with a weight of 39 grams
- Mechow’s mole-rat with a weight of 272 grams
- Damaraland mole-rat with a weight of 112 grams
- Mashona mole-rat with a weight of 65 grams
- Silvery mole-rat with a weight of 160 grams
- Cape mole-rat with a weight of 189 grams
- Common mole-rat with a weight of 74 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Zambian mole-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptomys amatus:
- Eastern chestnut mouse bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 80 grams to the scale
- Low’s squirrel bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Glacier rat bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Gray leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- California kangaroo rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Long-clawed mole vole bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- North American brown lemming bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Angular hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale