It is hard to guess what a Baird’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Baird’s shrew (Sorex bairdi) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Baird’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 49.9 cm (1′ 8″).
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.
Baird’s shrew (Sorex bairdi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to northwest Oregon. Baird’s shrew inhabits moist conifer forests.Its fur is darker brown in winter than in summer, when it is brownish-chestnut or olive brown, with paler sides and belly. Males and females are about the same size, which is common among shrews in general. Also like other shrew species, Baird’s shrew feeds on insects, worms, snails, and spiders. It shares the forests of its range with six other species of shrew, such as the Pacific shrew.Body length ranges from 100 to 143 mm, with an average weight of 7.6 g, but ranging anywhere from 5.5 to 11.2 g.
Animals of the same family as a Baird’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Shinto shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Chinese water shrew with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mindanao shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Lesser red musk shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Southeastern shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Luzon shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Somali shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Baird’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex bairdi:
- Micronycteris sylvestris bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s nectar bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Godman’s long-tailed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Antillean ghost-faced bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Gambian slit-faced bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s mustached bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Small bent-winged bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Dark-winged lesser house bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Antillean ghost-faced bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Triaenops rufus bringing 9 grams to the scale