It is hard to guess what a Japanese grass vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli) on average weights 29 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Japanese grass vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Microtus). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.4 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Japanese grass voles have 4 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 Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Japan.
Animals of the same family as a Japanese grass vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Ilin Island cloudrunner with a size of 25.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Oligoryzomys flavescens with a weight of 21 grams
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 82 grams
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Gambian pouched rat bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Western shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Smoky grass mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Euryoryzomys russatus with a weight of 60 grams
- Dusky hopping mouse with a weight of 39 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Japanese grass vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus montebelli:
- Akodon albiventer bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Sandhill dunnart bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Aztec mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix lanosus bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Western mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Northwestern deer mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped tomb bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Tonatia silvicola bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Southern long-nosed bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese grass vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Japanese grass vole: