How big does a Japanese mountain mole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura) reaches an average size of 9 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 3 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 25 grams (0.06 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Japanese mountain moles have 3 babies about 1 times per year. The Japanese mountain mole (genus: Euroscaptor) is a member of the family Talpidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. Although the Japanese mountain mole is currently classified in the genus Euroscaptor, a study published by the American Society of Mammalogists suggests that they do not truly belong to this genus because of earlier evolutionary divergence from other Euroscaptor species.In terms of the mole’s Morphology,recently the taxonomic position of the Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura) was reassessed and this was based on its external and skeletal morphologies. It was found that the muzzle of the moles showed a unique groove on the ventral side of it and it separates it from the rest of the moles in the family. The study was conducted recently in 2016.[1][2]
Animals of the same family as a Japanese mountain mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pyrenean desman with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- European mole with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Large mole with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern mole with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Echigo mole with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Broad-footed mole with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Blind mole with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-tailed mole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Japanese mountain mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Japanese mountain mole:
- Roborovski dwarf hamster with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern red-sided opossum with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Grant’s golden mole with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cyclops roundleaf bat with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wagner’s gerbil with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Great Basin pocket mouse with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern three-striped opossum with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northwestern deer mouse with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Savanna path shrew with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese mountain mole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Japanese mountain mole:
- Transbaikal zokor
- Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa
- Meerkat
- Japanese shrew mole
- Wagner’s gerbil
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil
- Atlantic Forest climbing mouse
- Desert hedgehog
- Yarkand hare
- Lesser hamster-rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Japanese mountain mole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Japanese mountain mole:
- Dibbler with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Chestnut tree mouse with an average maximal age of 2.42 years
- Long-tailed pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Bicolored shrew with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Kultarr with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk with an average maximal age of 3.33 years
- Coast mole with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Little long-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Acacia rat with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Smith’s vole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Japanese mountain mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Euroscaptor mizura:
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Greater round-eared bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Carriker’s round-eared bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Yellow golden mole bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Railer bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Small-toothed harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Least pygmy squirrel bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s big-eyed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Intelligent grass mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Bolivian vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale