It is hard to guess what a Zempoaltépec vole weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Zempoaltépec vole (Microtus umbrosus) on average weights 42 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Zempoaltépec vole is from the family Muridae (genus: Microtus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.8 cm (0′ 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 Zempoaltépec vole (Microtus umbrosus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The name Microtus is from the Greek word mikros meaning small and otus meaning ear. The name umbrosus could be from the Latin umbros meaning shady. It is rather large and has a long tail when compared with other voles. Its pelage is long and soft. In the upper parts, the hair is uniformly dusky with brown tips and the lower parts a dark grey thinly washed with a reddish yellow color. It is found only in Mexico, in a semi-isolated mountain range southeast of the Cajones River in Mixes district, in Oaxaca.
Animals of the same family as a Zempoaltépec vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Long-tailed vole with a weight of 44 grams
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Unalaska collared lemming with 2 babies per litter
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse with a weight of 54 grams
- Handleyomys alfaroi with a weight of 33 grams
- Brush mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Chihuahuan mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Big-headed African mole-rat with a weight of 622 grams
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Lukolela swamp rat with a weight of 42 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Zempoaltépec vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microtus umbrosus:
- Yellow-pine chipmunk bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Northern hopping mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Mesquite mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Peruvian fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix longipilis bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Luzon Cordillera forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Djoongari bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Grayish mouse opossum bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Pen-tailed treeshrew bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Zempoaltépec vole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Zempoaltépec vole:
- Big-eared kangaroo rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mozambique thicket rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cape York melomys with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bishop’s slender opossum with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sculptor squirrel with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Luzon montane forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Andean caenolestid with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)