It is hard to guess what a Therese’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Therese’s shrew (Crocidura theresae) on average weights 17 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Therese’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.3 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Therese’s shrew (Crocidura theresae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and moist savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Therese’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Crawford’s gray shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Malayan pygmy shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Southeast Asian shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Alpine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Savanna dwarf shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Blackish small-eared shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Climbing shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Tundra shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Canarian shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Therese’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura theresae:
- Northern ghost bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Stella wood mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Insular single leaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Black-capped fruit bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- White-footed mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Dobson’s horseshoe bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Brown tent-making bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Gray short-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Intermediate roundleaf bat bringing 19 grams to the scale