How big does a Taiwan vole get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Taiwan vole (Volemys kikuchii) reaches an average size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 46 grams (0.1 lbs). A Taiwan vole has 1 babies at once. The Taiwan vole (genus: Volemys) is a member of the family Muridae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Taiwan vole (Microtus kikuchii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Taiwan.
Animals of the same family as a Taiwan vole
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Southern multimammate mouse with 7 babies per litter
- Greater big-footed mouse with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tanezumi rat with a weight of 140 grams
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Harrington’s rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat with a weight of 69 grams
- Red tree vole with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat with 2 babies per litter
- Olive montane mouse with a weight of 37 grams
Animals with the same size as a Taiwan vole
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Taiwan vole:
- Spotted ground squirrel with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray-cheeked flying squirrel with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Four-toed rice tenrec with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Florida mouse with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cape elephant shrew with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mindoro climbing rat with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern red-backed vole with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Red rock rat with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hairy-eared dwarf lemur with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Taiwan vole
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Taiwan vole:
- Sloggett’s vlei rat
- Silver dik-dik
- Large mosaic-tailed rat
- Schreber’s yellow bat
- Bahamian hutia
- Subantarctic fur seal
- Merriam’s pocket gopher
- Javan surili
- Long-tailed fruit bat
- Ringed seal
Animals with the same weight as a Taiwan vole
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Volemys kikuchii:
- Hopi chipmunk bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Chibchan water mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Plains rat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Yellow-footed antechinus bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Flat-faced fruit-eating bat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- North African elephant shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Spotted bolo mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Black-bellied fruit bat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Spanish mole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Peters’s striped mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale