How big does a Roman mole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Roman mole (Talpa romana) reaches an average size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 92 grams (0.2 lbs). The Roman mole (genus: Talpa) 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 Roman mole (Talpa romana) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in southern Italy. It was last recorded on Sicily in 1885. There is also an unconfirmed report about an isolated subpopulation in the Var region of southern France.
Animals of the same family as a Roman mole
We found other animals of the Talpidae family:
- European mole with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern mole with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Star-nosed mole with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pyrenean desman with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan mole with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Townsend’s mole with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Japanese shrew mole with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Kloss’s mole with 4 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Roman mole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Roman mole:
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Townsend’s ground squirrel with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Masked white-tailed rat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Ernst Mayr’s water rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Panamint chipmunk with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Eastern mole with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Nicobar flying fox with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Singing vole with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dibbler with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same weight as a Roman mole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Talpa romana:
- Big-eared swamp rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Big-eared kangaroo rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- California kangaroo rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Pink fairy armadillo bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Rhoads’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s rousette bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Durango chipmunk bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Highveld gerbil bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Japanese mole bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Peters’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 95 grams to the scale