It is hard to guess what a Chestnut-bellied shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chestnut-bellied shrew (Sorex ventralis) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Chestnut-bellied shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 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.
The chestnut-bellied shrew (Sorex ventralis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Chestnut-bellied shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Merida small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Malayan water shrew with a weight of 55 grams
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Somali shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Dsinezumi shrew with 4 babies per litter
- American water shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser red musk shrew with a weight of 15 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chestnut-bellied shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex ventralis:
- Nyctophilus arnhemensis bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Southeastern myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Hairy slit-faced bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Botswanan long-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Tasmanian pygmy possum bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Rufous mouse-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Daubenton’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Diminutive serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Little native mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale