It is hard to guess what a European snow vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) on average weights 48 grams (0.11 lbs).
The European snow vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Chionomys). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30.5 cm (1′ 1″). On average, European snow voles can have babies 2 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.
The European snow vole or snow vole (Chionomys nivalis, previously Arvicola nivalis and Microtus nivalis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It has dense, pale grey fur and a pale-coloured tail and can reach about 14 cm (5.5 in) long, with a tail which is 7 cm long.The European snow vole is native to mountainous parts of southern and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is found in the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennine Mountains, the Carpathian Mountains, the Montesinho mountains, the higher regions of the Balkans and Asia Minor. Its habitat is rocky areas and screes, mostly above the tree line. It is mainly a solitary animal and lives under boulders and in crevices and tunnels among rocks and scree.
Animals of the same family as a European snow vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Greater big-footed mouse with a weight of 55 grams
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Dusky hopping mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Northern Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Issel’s groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 60 grams
- Tawny deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- White-bellied rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Long-tailed vole with a weight of 44 grams
- Smoke-bellied rat with 4 babies per litter
- Gray-bellied tree mouse with a weight of 41 grams
Animals with the same weight as a European snow vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chionomys nivalis:
- Cursor grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Greater noctule bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- South African pouched mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Uinta chipmunk bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Günther’s vole bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Córdoba vesper mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a European snow vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a European snow vole: