It is hard to guess what a Social vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Social vole (Microtus socialis) on average weights 48 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Social vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Microtus). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.4 cm (0′ 7″). On average, Social voles can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 social vole (Microtus socialis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Animals of the same family as a Social vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Abyssinian grass rat with a weight of 73 grams
- Southern bog lemming with a weight of 28 grams
- Ethiopian striped mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Highveld gerbil with a weight of 89 grams
- Abrothrix sanborni with a weight of 24 grams
- Lesser ranee mouse with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wood mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Four-striped grass mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Bastard big-footed mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Western water rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same weight as a Social vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus socialis:
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Chihuahuan mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Indian roundleaf bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Pseudoryzomys bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Prairie vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Dusky hopping mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse bringing 47 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Social vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Social vole: