How big does a Crowned shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Crowned shrew (Sorex coronatus) reaches an average size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 1.08 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 9 grams (0.02 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Crowned shrews have 5 babies about 2 times per year. The Crowned 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 crowned shrew or Millet’s shrew (Sorex coronatus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the British island of Jersey. It is almost indistinguishable from the common shrew, its habitatal preferences and habits are identical. However it has a different karyotype, is slightly smaller, and has small morphological differences, such as a longer rostrum (upper tooth-row and mandible) relative to length of skull.
Animals of the same family as a Crowned shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Blackish white-toothed shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Lesser white-toothed shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Swamp musk shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Prairie shrew with 7 babies per litter
- Andean small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Savanna swamp shrew with a weight of 19 grams
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Kivu shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Southeast Asian shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Chinese water shrew with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Crowned shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Crowned shrew:
- Tailed tailless bat with a size of 5.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- False canyon mouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mindanao pygmy fruit bat with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Desert dormouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Plains pocket mouse with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Meadow jumping mouse with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Egyptian free-tailed bat with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Little yellow-shouldered bat with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Crowned shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Crowned shrew:
- Gray marmot
- Eastern quoll
- Montane shrew
- Uinta ground squirrel
- Woosnam’s broad-headed mouse
- Olive grass mouse
- Natal multimammate mouse
- Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster
- Fringe-tailed gerbil
- Northern red-backed vole
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Crowned shrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Crowned shrew:
- Yellow-sided opossum with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Creeping vole with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Cotton mouse with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Smoky shrew with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Alpine shrew with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Crawford’s gray shrew with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Meadow vole with an average maximal age of 0.92 years
Animals with the same weight as a Crowned shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex coronatus:
- Chestnut climbing mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Eastern long-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Cave myotis bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Blackish small-eared shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Pouched gerbil bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Little free-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Yellow serotine bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Fischer’s little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Salt marsh harvest mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale