It is hard to guess what a Lesser white-toothed shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Lesser white-toothed shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). They can live for up to 2.67 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Lesser white-toothed shrews 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 lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and small rodents, though its diet usually varies according to the biotope where it lives. The closely related Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.Like the common shrew, a female lesser white-toothed shrew and her young may form a “caravan” when foraging for food or seeking a place of safety; each shrew grips the tail of the shrew in front so that the group stays together.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser white-toothed shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Marsh shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Greater dwarf shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Mount Lyell shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Merriam’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Savanna shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Hero shrew with a weight of 91 grams
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Southeast Asian shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Salenski’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser white-toothed shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura suaveolens:
- Lesser long-tongued bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Jackson’s shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Greater sac-winged bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Southern little yellow-eared bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Rhinolophus simplex bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Arizona myotis bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Verapaz shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Sclater’s shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser white-toothed shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Lesser white-toothed shrew:
- Comb-toed jerboa
- Great jerboa
- Gray climbing mouse
- Northern collared lemming
- Bahamian raccoon
- Long-nosed dasyure
- Cape gerbil
- Brandt’s hedgehog
- Plains harvest mouse
- Bicolored musk shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Lesser white-toothed shrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Lesser white-toothed shrew:
- Four-striped grass mouse with an average maximal age of 2.83 years
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat with an average maximal age of 3.08 years
- Brown antechinus with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Typical striped grass mouse with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Alpine pika with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Bennett’s chinchilla rat with an average maximal age of 2.25 years
- Southern bog lemming with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Lowland streaked tenrec with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Heermann’s kangaroo rat with an average maximal age of 2.33 years
- Parantechinus bilarni with an average maximal age of 3 years