How big does a Beach vole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Beach vole (Microtus breweri) reaches an average size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). On birth they have a weight of 3 grams (0.01 lbs). A Beach vole has 4 babies at once. The Beach vole (genus: Microtus) is a member of the family Muridae.
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 beach vole (Microtus breweri) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the United States, and its natural habitat is temperate grassland.Muskeget Island, between Nantucket, Massachusetts and Marthas Vineyard is the only known home of the beach vole, also known as the Muskeget vole. There is a question whether the Muskeget vole is a unique species or a subspecies of the meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus).
Animals of the same family as a Beach vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Fawn-colored mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 144 grams
- Oxymycterus hucucha with a weight of 67 grams
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- False water rat with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Beaded wood mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Bushveld gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Allen’s cotton rat with a size of 17 cm (0′ 7″)
- White-bellied Luzon tree rat with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Cabrera’s vole with a weight of 52 grams
Animals with the same size as a Beach vole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Beach vole:
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rock vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mountain pygmy possum with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Smoky mouse with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cape elephant shrew with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Beach vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Beach vole: