It is hard to guess what a Geata mouse shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Geata mouse shrew (Myosorex geata) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Geata mouse shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Myosorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Geata mouse shrews have 4 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 Geata mouse shrew (Myosorex geata) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Animals of the same family as a Geata mouse shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Carmen Mountain shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Dent’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Myosorex varius with a weight of 11 grams
- Nicobar shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Zarudny’s rock shrew with 5 babies per litter
- Lesser red musk shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Chinese mole shrew with a weight of 20 grams
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Bicolored shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Greater stripe-backed shrew with 4 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Geata mouse shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myosorex geata:
- Evening bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Hinde’s lesser house bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Greater dog-like bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Arizona myotis bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Micronycteris brachyotis bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Kelaart’s pipistrelle bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Mahomet mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Apennine shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Peninsular horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Little broad-nosed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Geata mouse shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Geata mouse shrew: