It is hard to guess what a Nigerian shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nigerian shrew (Crocidura nigeriae) on average weights 23 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Nigerian shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3 cm (0′ 2″).
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 Nigerian shrew (Crocidura nigeriae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. The animal is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo, and there are claims of it also being found in Ghana. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also threatened by habitat loss, but at this time it is not at a large risk of becoming extinct.
Animals of the same family as a Nigerian shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Long-tailed musk shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Savanna dwarf shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Smith’s shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dark-footed mouse shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Salenski’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Ruwenzori shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Bottego’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Crosse’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nigerian shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura nigeriae:
- Western jumping mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Greater mouse-eared bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Parantechinus bilarni bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Buffoon striped grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Wood mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Blackish white-toothed shrew bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Brown fruit-eating bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Small-toothed harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Eastern pygmy possum bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Altiplano grass mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale