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Gray-tailed vole size: How big do they get?

How big does a Gray-tailed vole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Gray-tailed vole (Microtus canicaudus) reaches an average size of 11 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 29 grams (0.06 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 2 grams (0 lbs). A Gray-tailed vole has 4 babies at once. The Gray-tailed 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.

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The gray-tailed vole (Microtus canicaudus) also known as the gray-tailed meadow vole or gray-tailed meadow mouse, is a rodent in the genus Microtus (small-eared “meadow voles”) of the family Cricetidae. Voles are small mammals, and this species lies roughly in the middle of their size range. First collected in 1895, it is endemic to the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Historically, they were found in the prairie areas of the Valley and, though many of these areas have been converted for agricultural purposes, these animals remain common. For reasons that remain unclear, vole population densities in any area may fluctuate widely from season to season and year to year. They are preyed upon by owls, hawks, and carnivorous mammals, and their parasites include fleas and ticks. These voles build burrows and complex tunnel networks, which they sometimes share with other burrowing animals. Relatively little is known about their behavior in the wild, because they are elusive and unlikely to enter traps.

Animals of the same family as a Gray-tailed vole

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Gray-tailed vole

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gray-tailed vole:

Animals with the same litter size as a Gray-tailed vole

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Gray-tailed vole:

Animals with the same weight as a Gray-tailed vole

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus canicaudus: