It is hard to guess what a Salenski’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Salenski’s shrew (Soriculus salenskii) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Salenski’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Soriculus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.8 cm (0′ 4″).
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.
Salenski’s shrew (Chodsigoa salenskii) is a red-toothed shrew found only in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Wolong National Nature Reserve. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Animals of the same family as a Salenski’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Iberian shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Whitaker’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Ornate shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Siberian large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Flat-headed shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Merriam’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Elliot’s short-tailed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Nicobar shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Salenski’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Soriculus salenskii:
- Yankari shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Zulu serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser bamboo bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Iberian shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Slender shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Peters’s trumpet-eared bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Java pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed musk shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Savanna dwarf shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale