It is hard to guess what a Blackish small-eared shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Blackish small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Blackish small-eared shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Cryptotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.9 cm (0′ 4″).
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 blackish small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens) is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is found in parts of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama. An example specific habitat is the Petenes mangroves of the Yucatán.
Animals of the same family as a Blackish small-eared shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per litter
- American water shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Long-tailed musk shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Sclater’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Malayan water shrew with a weight of 55 grams
- Makwassie musk shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Southeast Asian shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Greater dwarf shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- African black shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Blackish small-eared shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptotis nigrescens:
- Myotis bocagei bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mount Kenya mole shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Greater dwarf shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Peninsular horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lander’s horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Bushveld horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Moloney’s mimic bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Daubenton’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Small mouse-tailed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale