It is hard to guess what a Dusky-footed elephant shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky-footed elephant shrew (Elephantulus fuscipes) on average weights 57 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Dusky-footed elephant shrew is from the family Macroscelididae (genus: Elephantulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.9 cm (0′ 5″).
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 dusky-footed elephant shrew or dusky-footed sengi (Elephantulus fuscipes) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky-footed elephant shrew
We found other animals of the Macroscelididae family:
- Macroscelides proboscideus with a weight of 38 grams
- Four-toed elephant shrew with a weight of 201 grams
- Bushveld elephant shrew with a weight of 48 grams
- North African elephant shrew with a weight of 43 grams
- Dusky elephant shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Golden-rumped elephant shrew with a weight of 535 grams
- Western rock elephant shrew with a weight of 65 grams
- Checkered elephant shrew with a weight of 424 grams
- Black and rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 423 grams
- Somali elephant shrew with a weight of 32 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky-footed elephant shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Elephantulus fuscipes:
- Soft-furred rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Ega long-tongued bat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Balkan snow vole bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Greater big-footed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys intectus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Mearns’s pouched mouse bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Chelemys megalonyx bringing 50 grams to the scale