What is the maximal age a Günther’s vole reaches?
An adult Günther’s vole (Microtus guentheri) usually gets as old as 3.83 years.
Günther’s voles are around 21 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 3 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 4.3 cm (0′ 2″). As a member of the Muridae family (genus: Microtus), a Günther’s vole caries out around 6 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 6 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″).
As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.
Günther’s vole (Microtus guentheri) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, also known by the name Levant vole.It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Turkey, and Libya. In Libya, its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land. In Israel, it is common in lowland agricultural fields, in peak years becoming a major crop pest.
Animals of the same family as a Günther’s vole
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Muridae):
- Dusky mosaic-tailed rat getting as big as 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat becoming 5.17 years old
- Rupp’s mouse bringing the scale to 48 grams
- Oecomys speciosus bringing the scale to 73 grams
- Oecomys bicolor with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Eastern chestnut mouse with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Pygmy rock mouse with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Plains rat becoming 5.58 years old
- Nectomys rattus bringing the scale to 249 grams
Animals that reach the same age as Günther’s vole
With an average age of 3.83 years, Günther’s vole are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Yellow-necked mouse usually reaching 4 years
- Southern brown bandicoot usually reaching 3.75 years
- Southwestern water vole usually reaching 3.5 years
- Siberian flying squirrel usually reaching 3.75 years
- Lesser bamboo rat usually reaching 3.67 years
- Kultarr usually reaching 3.25 years
- Botta’s pocket gopher usually reaching 4.5 years
- Giant golden mole usually reaching 4 years
- White-footed mouse usually reaching 3.17 years
- Pallas’s pika usually reaching 4 years
Animals with the same number of babies Günther’s vole
The same number of babies at once (6) are born by:
- Flat-haired mouse
- Chinese striped hamster
- Muskrat
- Desert dormouse
- Alaskan hare
- Stoat
- European ground squirrel
- Siberian weasel
- Townsend’s pocket gopher
- Cinereus shrew
Weighting as much as Günther’s vole
A fully grown Günther’s vole reaches around 50 grams (0.11 lbs). So do these animals:
- Bushveld elephant shrew with 48 grams
- Single-striped grass mouse with 50 grams
- El Carrizo deer mouse with 40 grams
- Dusky slender opossum with 46 grams
- Julia Creek dunnart with 55 grams
- Alexander’s bush squirrel with 50 grams
- Brown mouse lemur with 48 grams
- Fat-tailed gerbil with 47 grams
- Indian roundleaf bat with 44 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with 50 grams