It is hard to guess what a Dwarf shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dwarf shrew (Sorex nanus) on average weights 2 grams (0 lbs).
The Dwarf shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.2 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Dwarf shrews have 6 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 dwarf shrew (Sorex nanus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States. The type locality is Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado, USA.
Animals of the same family as a Dwarf shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Mexican small-eared shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Large-eared gray shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Greater forest shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Azumi shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Savanna path shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Horsfield’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Greater dwarf shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Canarian shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Piebald shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dwarf shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex nanus:
- Least woolly bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Dark sheath-tailed bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Etruscan shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Eurasian least shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Himalayan whiskered bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Pipistrellus mimus bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Black myotis bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Flat-headed shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Tiny pipistrelle bringing 2 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dwarf shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dwarf shrew:
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Merriam’s shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Velvety free-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Rufous trident bat with a size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Peters’s sheath-tailed bat with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Moupin pika with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dwarf shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Dwarf shrew: