It is hard to guess what a Mexican vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) on average weights 34 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Mexican vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Microtus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.1 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Mexican voles have 2 babies per litter.
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.
The Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Mexico and the United States.
Animals of the same family as a Mexican vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens with a weight of 25 grams
- Roraima mouse with a weight of 33 grams
- Bushveld gerbil with a weight of 73 grams
- Crab-eating rat with a weight of 66 grams
- Cauca climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Tondano rat with 4 babies per litter
- Bush vlei rat with a weight of 102 grams
- White-footed rabbit-rat with a weight of 200 grams
- Scolomys ucayalensis with a weight of 26 grams
- Greater stick-nest rat with a weight of 329 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mexican vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus mexicanus:
- Gray-bellied caenolestid bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Grey dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Macmillan’s thicket rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Nut-colored yellow bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Guatemalan deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Serra do Mar grass mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mexican vole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mexican vole:
- Zempoaltépec vole with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Fresno kangaroo rat with a size of 9.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Least forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Nicobar shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gray-footed chipmunk with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Coxing’s white-bellied rat with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-nosed potoroo with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Woodland vole with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mexican vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Mexican vole: