It is hard to guess what a Myosorex varius weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Myosorex varius (Myosorex varius) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Myosorex varius is from the family Soricidae (genus: Myosorex). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). They can live for up to 1 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Myosorex variuss can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 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 forest shrew (Myosorex varius) is a species of shrew in the mouse shrew family, Soricidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini. Its natural habitats include temperate forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and temperate grassland. The term “forest shrews” in the plural is sometimes confusingly used to collectively refer to a different genus, Sylvisorex.
Animals of the same family as a Myosorex varius
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Lesser striped shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Turbo shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Doucet’s musk shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Dsinezumi shrew with 4 babies per litter
- Usambara shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Elegant water shrew with a weight of 38 grams
- Madagascan pygmy shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Smith’s shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Myosorex varius
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myosorex varius:
- Townsend’s big-eared bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Szechwan myotis bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Shamel’s horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Ozimops planiceps bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Damara woolly bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Bechstein’s bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mahomet mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Bates’s slit-faced bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Myosorex varius
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Myosorex varius:
- Lesser bamboo rat
- Eurasian otter
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
- Malayan tree rat
- White-lipped tamarin
- Himalayan striped squirrel
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher
- Manchurian hare
- Edward’s swamp rat
- Grey-bellied squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Myosorex varius
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Myosorex varius:
- Northern red-sided opossum with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Yellow-sided opossum with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Hottentot golden mole with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Wood lemming with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Crowned shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Meadow vole with an average maximal age of 0.92 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years