How big does a Gansu shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus) reaches an average size of 8 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Talking about reproduction, Gansu shrews have 5 babies about 2 times per year. The Gansu 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 Gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus) is a red-toothed shrew found only in a small part of Gansu province and other adjacent areas of China. With its very limited range, it is sensitive to habitat loss and is listed as a “vulnerable species” in the Chinese Red List, while the IUCN lists it as being “data deficient”
Animals of the same family as a Gansu shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Saussure’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Apennine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Greater white-toothed shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Himalayan water shrew with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Luzon shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Rainey’s shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Prairie shrew with 7 babies per litter
- North American least shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Zarudny’s rock shrew with 5 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Gansu shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gansu shrew:
- Wilson’s spiny mouse with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Aceramarca gracile opossum with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Greater forest shrew with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Large pencil-tailed tree mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Tundra shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Phillips’s kangaroo rat with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chinese mole shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Siberian large-toothed shrew with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Yellow-winged bat with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Antillean fruit-eating bat with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Gansu shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Gansu shrew: