It is hard to guess what a Dryad shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dryad shrew tenrec (Microgale dryas) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Dryad shrew tenrec is from the family Tenrecidae (genus: Microgale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.3 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 dryad shrew tenrec (Microgale dryas), also known as the tree shrew tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is vulnerable to extinction by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Dryad shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Montane shrew tenrec with a weight of 13 grams
- Giant otter shrew with a weight of 685 grams
- Large-eared tenrec with a weight of 6 grams
- Gracile shrew tenrec with a weight of 23 grams
- Highland streaked tenrec with a weight of 102 grams
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 8 grams
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 45 grams
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dryad shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale dryas:
- Rock vole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Fawn hopping mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix jelskii bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Roraima mouse bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Little collared fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Temminck’s flying squirrel bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Northern mole vole bringing 40 grams to the scale