It is hard to guess what a Baird’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Baird’s shrew (Sorex bairdii) 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 5.8 cm (0′ 3″).
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:
- Mount Kenya mole shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Eurasian least shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Bottego’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Fog shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- East African highland shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Negros shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Merida small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Volcano shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
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 bairdii:
- Thomas’s horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lesser brown horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Blackish small-eared shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Southeastern myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Micronycteris sylvestris bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Eastern harvest mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Chestnut sac-winged bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Godman’s long-tailed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Tasmanian pygmy possum bringing 8 grams to the scale