It is hard to guess what a Andean small-eared shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Andean small-eared shrew (Cryptotis avia) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Andean small-eared shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Cryptotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 72.7 cm (2′ 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 small-eared shrew (Cryptotis avia) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Animals of the same family as a Andean small-eared shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Mauritanian shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater forest shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Flat-headed shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Upemba shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- East African highland shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Climbing shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Nicobar shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Andean small-eared shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptotis avia:
- Brants’s climbing mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Tonatia brasiliense bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Gould’s long-eared bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Eptesicus demissus bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Wandering small-eared shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Lesser hairy-winged bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Dark-winged lesser house bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Silver-haired bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Rufous horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale