How many baby Dsinezumi shrews are in a litter?
A Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 4 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 7.8 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Soricidae family (genus: Crocidura). An adult Dsinezumi shrew grows up to a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea’s Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of “least concern” by the IUCN.There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.
Other animals of the family Soricidae
Dsinezumi shrew is a member of the Soricidae, as are these animals:
- Hero shrew with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Sclater’s shrew weighting only 7 grams
- Fox’s shrew with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Remy’s pygmy shrew weighting only 4 grams
- Piebald shrew with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Merida small-eared shrew weighting only 12 grams
- Lowe’s shrew raching a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Prairie shrew with 7 babies per pregnancy
- Chinese water shrew raching a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Dsinezumi shrew
Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once: