How many baby Caucasian snow voles are in a litter?
A Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud) usually gives birth to around 5 babies.With 2 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 10 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 39 grams (0.09 lbs) and measure 7.6 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Chionomys). An adult Caucasian snow vole grows up to a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
Other animals of the family Muridae
Caucasian snow vole is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:
- Cape York rat with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Mexican harvest mouse with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Savanna gerbil with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat weighting around 1.75 kilograms (3.86 lbs)
- Sand-colored soft-furred rat with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Crab-eating rat weighting only 66 grams
- Oldfield mouse with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Savanna gerbil with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Shaw’s jird with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse weighting only 53 grams
Animals that share a litter size with Caucasian snow vole
Those animals also give birth to 5 babies at once: