It is hard to guess what a Günther’s vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Günther’s vole (Microtus guentheri) on average weights 50 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Günther’s vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Microtus). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 3.83 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.7 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Günther’s voles can have babies 6 times per year with a litter size of 6.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
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
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Field vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Neacomys spinosus with a weight of 19 grams
- Luzon montane forest mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Short-nosed harvest mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Nolthenius’s long-tailed climbing mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Allen’s woodrat with a weight of 368 grams
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat with a weight of 178 grams
- Mira climbing rat with a weight of 184 grams
- Cairo spiny mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Dusky-footed woodrat with a weight of 219 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Günther’s vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus guentheri:
- Stuhlmann’s golden mole bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Gracile tateril bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Western mastiff bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied caenolestid bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Andean caenolestid bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Andean rat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Jalapan pine vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Link rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Typical striped grass mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Günther’s vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Günther’s vole:
- Mindoro black rat
- Chinese striped hamster
- Desert dormouse
- White-eared opossum
- Eligmodontia typus
- Common shrew
- Arctic ground squirrel
- Arctic shrew
- Big-eared opossum
- New Guinean quoll
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Günther’s vole
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Günther’s vole:
- Hylaeamys megacephalus with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
- Field vole with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Bush rat with an average maximal age of 3.42 years
- Small Japanese mole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Southern brown bandicoot with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
- Lesser bamboo rat with an average maximal age of 3.67 years
- Woodland thicket rat with an average maximal age of 4.33 years
- Euphrates jerboa with an average maximal age of 4.17 years
- Steppe pika with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Northern pygmy mouse with an average maximal age of 3.25 years