It is hard to guess what a Fog shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Fog shrew (Sorex sonomae) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Fog shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.3 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 fog shrew (Sorex sonomae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to northern California and Oregon in the United States.
Animals of the same family as a Fog shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Inyo shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Radde’s shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Johnston’s forest shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Grasse’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ussuri shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Ornate shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Crawford’s gray shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Slender shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Ruwenzori shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Fog shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex sonomae:
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Botswanan long-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Argentine brown bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Fraternal myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Davy’s naked-backed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tasmanian pygmy possum bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Arcuate horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Greater bamboo bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Sind bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Greater white-toothed shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale