It is hard to guess what a Gracile shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gracile shrew tenrec (Microgale gracilis) on average weights 23 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Gracile 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 gracile shrew tenrec (Microgale gracilis) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Animals of the same family as a Gracile shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Web-footed tenrec with a weight of 77 grams
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec with a weight of 160 grams
- Montane shrew tenrec with a weight of 13 grams
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 45 grams
- Giant otter shrew with a weight of 685 grams
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 37 grams
- Highland streaked tenrec with a weight of 102 grams
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Gracile shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale gracilis:
- Narrow-nosed harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Cape spiny mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest blossom bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Heart-nosed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Texas mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Aceramarca gracile opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Pinyon mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Red fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale