How big does a Chinese shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Chinese shrew (Sorex sinalis) reaches an average size of 7 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Chinese 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 Chinese shrew or dusky shrew (Sorex sinalis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Gansu, Sichuan (including Jiuzhaigou), and Shaanxi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Chinese shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Mount Kenya mole shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Radde’s shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Kivu shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Gansu shrew with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- San Cristobal shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Therese’s shrew with a weight of 17 grams
- Baird’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Elegant water shrew with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-tailed shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- American pygmy shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same size as a Chinese shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chinese shrew:
- Allen’s big-eared bat with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Trowbridge’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Antillean fruit-eating bat with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Merriam’s shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Bates’s shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Little desert pocket mouse with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Northern pygmy mouse with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Azumi shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pale shrew tenrec with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)