It is hard to guess what a Andean caenolestid weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Andean caenolestid (Caenolestes condorensis) on average weights 47 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Andean caenolestid is from the family Caenolestidae (genus: Caenolestes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Andean caenolestid (Caenolestes condorensis), also known as the Andean shrew opossum or Condor caenolestid, is a shrew opossum known only from Cordillera del Cóndor (Ecuador), its type locality. It was first described by zoologists Bruce D. Patterson and Albuja V. Luis in 1996. It is the largest caenolestid. The IUCN classifies it as vulnerable. As of 2015, the population is estimated at less than 1,000.
Animals of the same family as a Andean caenolestid
We found other animals of the Caenolestidae family:
- Gray-bellied caenolestid with a weight of 40 grams
- Dusky caenolestid with a weight of 29 grams
- Long-nosed caenolestid with a weight of 21 grams
- Northern caenolestid with a weight of 31 grams
- Incan caenolestid with a weight of 23 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Andean caenolestid
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Caenolestes condorensis:
- Balkan snow vole bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Ernst Mayr’s water rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Caatinga vesper mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Mozambique thicket rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Jico deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Jalapan pine vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Mesquite mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Miller’s striped mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Andean caenolestid
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Andean caenolestid:
- Kimberley rock rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Sugar glider with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Southern bog lemming with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Masked flying fox with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cape elephant shrew with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tschudi’s slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern mole with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-tailed mole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- South African pouched mouse with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Coxing’s white-bellied rat with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)