It is hard to guess what a Dent’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dent’s shrew (Crocidura denti) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Dent’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.8 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.
Dent’s shrew (Crocidura denti) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and moist savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Dent’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Climbing shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Mauritanian shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Shinto shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ussuri shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Azumi shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southeastern shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Myosorex varius with a weight of 11 grams
- Wimmer’s shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Baird’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Iberian shrew with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dent’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura denti:
- Lesser bamboo bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Maclaud’s horseshoe bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Crawford’s gray shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Rusty pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Delany’s mouse bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Saussure’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Kerivoula hardwickei bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Remy’s pygmy shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Riparian myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Zulu serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale