How many baby Kivu long-haired shrews are in a litter?
A Kivu long-haired shrew (Crocidura lanosa) usually gives birth to around 3 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 3 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Soricidae family (genus: Crocidura). An adult Kivu long-haired shrew grows up to a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 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 Kivu long-haired shrew (Crocidura lanosa) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Other animals of the family Soricidae
Kivu long-haired shrew is a member of the Soricidae, as are these animals:
- Elegant water shrew weighting only 38 grams
- Reddish-gray musk shrew with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Hildegarde’s shrew weighting only 10 grams
- Gansu shrew with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew weighting only 12 grams
- Montane white-toothed shrew weighting only 14 grams
- Greater forest shrew weighting only 16 grams
- Long-tailed shrew with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Transcaucasian water shrew raching a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Peters’s musk shrew with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Kivu long-haired shrew
Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once: