It is hard to guess what a San Cristobal shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult San Cristobal shrew (Sorex stizodon) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The San Cristobal shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.3 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.
The San Cristobal shrew (Sorex stizodon) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a San Cristobal shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Elliot’s short-tailed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Eurasian pygmy shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Crowned shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Asian house shrew with a weight of 43 grams
- Shinto shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Aberdare mole shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Hildegarde’s shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Mount Kenya mole shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a San Cristobal shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex stizodon:
- Rufous mouse-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Makwassie musk shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Swinny’s horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Large-eared tenrec bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Large forest bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- São Tomé free-tailed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Yellow-faced horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Little pocket mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale