How many baby East African highland shrews are in a litter?
A East African highland shrew (Crocidura allex) usually gives birth to around 3 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 East African highland 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 East African highland shrew (Crocidura allex) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.
Other animals of the family Soricidae
East African highland shrew is a member of the Soricidae, as are these animals:
- Flat-headed shrew with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Yankari shrew weighting only 5 grams
- Whitaker’s shrew weighting only 5 grams
- Peters’s musk shrew with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Horsfield’s shrew with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Andean small-eared shrew weighting only 11 grams
- Radde’s shrew with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Aberdare mole shrew with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Salenski’s shrew weighting only 5 grams
- Ornate shrew with 4 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with East African highland shrew
Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once: