It is hard to guess what a Southern mole vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern mole vole (Ellobius fuscocapillus) on average weights 80 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Southern mole vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Ellobius). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Southern mole voles have 3 babies per litter.
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 southern mole vole (Ellobius fuscocapillus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.
Animals of the same family as a Southern mole vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Northern water rat with a weight of 54 grams
- Neacomys tenuipes with a weight of 19 grams
- Peromyscus maniculatus with a weight of 19 grams
- Bush rat with a weight of 124 grams
- Marmoset rat with a weight of 70 grams
- Greater mole-rat with a weight of 470 grams
- Mountain spiny rat with a weight of 159 grams
- Broad-toothed mouse with a weight of 129 grams
- Darling Downs hopping mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Lesser stick-nest rat with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern mole vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ellobius fuscocapillus:
- Biak glider bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Dressy Oldfield mouse bringing 76 grams to the scale
- Cape gerbil bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Golden Oldfield mouse bringing 88 grams to the scale
- Rosalinda’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Paramo Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Oryzomys couesi bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mountain rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Sage’s rock rat bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Bunny rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern mole vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Southern mole vole: