It is hard to guess what a Dark-footed mouse shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dark-footed mouse shrew (Myosorex cafer) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Dark-footed mouse shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Myosorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Dark-footed mouse shrews have 2 babies per litter.
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 dark-footed mouse shrew (Myosorex cafer) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly sometimes called the dark-footed forest shrew.
Animals of the same family as a Dark-footed mouse shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Himalayan shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Mindanao shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Eurasian least shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Smoky shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Vagrant shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Blackish small-eared shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dark-footed mouse shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myosorex cafer:
- Chestnut short-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Szechwan myotis bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Rufous trident bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Silver fruit-eating bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Variegated butterfly bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Eastern broad-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Big naked-backed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Upemba shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Dark-footed mouse shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Dark-footed mouse shrew: