How many baby Transcaucasian mole voles are in a litter?
A Transcaucasian mole vole (Ellobius lutescens) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 8 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Ellobius). An adult Transcaucasian mole vole grows up to a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Transcaucasian mole vole (Ellobius lutescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.
Other animals of the family Muridae
Transcaucasian mole vole is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:
- Large Luzon forest rat raching a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Four-striped grass mouse with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Kemp’s grass mouse weighting only 26 grams
- Zacatecan deer mouse with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat weighting only 71 grams
- Koford’s grass mouse weighting only 29 grams
- Laminate vlei rat weighting only 150 grams
- True’s vole with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Mindanao shrew-rat raching a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Highland brush mouse with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Transcaucasian mole vole
Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once: