How big does a American water shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown American water shrew (Sorex palustris) reaches an average size of 7.4 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 1.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 13 grams (0.03 lbs). Talking about reproduction, American water shrews have 5 babies about 2 times per year. The American water shrew (genus: Sorex) is a member of the family Soricidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The American water shrew (Sorex palustris) or northern water shrew, is found in the nearctic faunal region located throughout the mountain ranges of northern United States and in Canada and Alaska.
Animals of the same family as a American water shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Mexican long-tailed shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Mount Kenya mole shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Bates’s shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wimmer’s shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Goodwin’s broad-clawed shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Remy’s pygmy shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Zarudny’s rock shrew with 5 babies per litter
- Ludia’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Japanese water shrew with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a American water shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as American water shrew:
- Egyptian tomb bat with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cuban fruit-eating bat with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Long-tailed musk shrew with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Temminck’s mouse with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Naked-rumped tomb bat with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dark kangaroo mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Canyon mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Tundra shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a American water shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a American water shrew:
- Cutch rat
- Wood lemming
- Crowned shrew
- Shaw’s jird
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel
- Woolley’s false antechinus
- New Guinean rat
- Dark bolo mouse
- Smoky shrew
- Vagrant shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a American water shrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a American water shrew:
- Creeping vole with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- White-eared opossum with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Trowbridge’s shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Ornate shrew with an average maximal age of 1.42 years
- North American least shrew with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- Brush mouse with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Smoky shrew with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Cotton mouse with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Himalayan mole with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Southern marsupial mole with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a American water shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex palustris:
- Usambara shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Pygmy short-tailed opossum bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Parti-coloured bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Silver-haired bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Darien harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Microryzomys altissimus bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Variegated butterfly bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Pale kangaroo mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale