It is hard to guess what a Aberdare mole shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Aberdare mole shrew (Surdisorex norae) on average weights 23 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Aberdare mole shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Surdisorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.6 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Aberdare mole shrews have 1 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 Aberdare mole shrew (Surdisorex norae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya. Its natural habitat is tropical high-altitude bamboo and grassland.
Animals of the same family as a Aberdare mole shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Crocidura grandiceps with a weight of 23 grams
- Usambara shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Gansu shrew with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Ultimate shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Dent’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Japanese water shrew with a weight of 35 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Aberdare mole shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Surdisorex norae:
- Highland yellow-shouldered bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Monito del monte bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Pacific jumping mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Van Gelder’s bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Scolomys melanops bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Mauritian tomb bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s nectar bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Aberdare mole shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Aberdare mole shrew:
- Margarita Island kangaroo rat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern bog lemming with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- African giant shrew with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Japanese shrew mole with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Golden spiny mouse with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan water shrew with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Somali serotine with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Black-eared squirrel with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Silky mouse with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Aberdare mole shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Aberdare mole shrew: