It is hard to guess what a Smith’s vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smith’s vole (Phaulomys smithii) on average weights 35 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Smith’s vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Phaulomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.3 cm (0′ 7″).
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.
Smith’s vole (Myodes smithii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is also known as Smith’s red-backed vole and is found only in Japan.This vole is named after Richard Gordon Smith, (1858–1918) who, after falling out with his wife, traveled the world hunting for animals and keeping a record of his travels and discoveries in eight large leather-bound diaries. He spent some time in Japan where he collected mammals for the British Museum, including the type specimen of this vole.
Animals of the same family as a Smith’s vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Cape gerbil with a weight of 92 grams
- Emin’s gerbil with a weight of 52 grams
- Tanala tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Least gerbil with a weight of 26 grams
- Carpentarian rock rat with a weight of 123 grams
- Eastern harvest mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Slender Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Malayan tree rat with 2 babies per litter
- Olive montane mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Gerbil mouse with a weight of 17 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Smith’s vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phaulomys smithii:
- Large myotis bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Somali elephant shrew bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Chinese dormouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Spinifex hopping mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Ruwenzori thicket rat bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Chihuahuan mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied tree mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltépec vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Jico deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Roraima mouse bringing 33 grams to the scale