It is hard to guess what a Dusky caenolestid weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky caenolestid (Caenolestes fuliginosus) on average weights 29 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Dusky caenolestid is from the family Caenolestidae (genus: Caenolestes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.3 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Dusky caenolestids have 3 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 dusky caenolestid (Caenolestes fuliginosus), also known as Tate’s shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum from South America. The dusky caenolestid is characterized by a dark brown coat with a lighter underbelly, soft and thick fur, and a loosely haired tail. A nocturnal animal (active mainly at night), the dusky caenolestid lives on trees and feeds on insects and small invertebrates and vertebrates. It occurs in alpine and páramo forests in northern and western Colombia, Ecuador, and western Venezuela. The IUCN classifies this shrew opossum as least concern.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky caenolestid
We found other animals of the Caenolestidae family:
- Northern caenolestid with a weight of 31 grams
- Incan caenolestid with a weight of 23 grams
- Long-nosed caenolestid with a weight of 21 grams
- Gray-bellied caenolestid with a weight of 40 grams
- Andean caenolestid with a weight of 47 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky caenolestid
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Caenolestes fuliginosus:
- Pinyon mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Chinese dormouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Little red kaluta bringing 32 grams to the scale
- White-throated round-eared bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Common vampire bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Flat-haired mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Tailless fruit bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Bailey’s pocket mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Black bonneted bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Hoary bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dusky caenolestid
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dusky caenolestid:
- Philippine tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Steppe lemming with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray-tailed vole with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dayak fruit bat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Masked white-tailed rat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Woodland thicket rat with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dusky caenolestid
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Dusky caenolestid: