It is hard to guess what a Himalayan shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Himalayan shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Soriculus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.8 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Himalayan 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 Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus Soriculus within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species Chodsigoa and Episoriculus, which occur in southeastern Asia, as well as those of the fossil European genus Asoriculus, were formerly included there.
Animals of the same family as a Himalayan shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- American pygmy shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Cinereus shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Swamp musk shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Chinese water shrew with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sahelian tiny shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Horsfield’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Makwassie musk shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Salenski’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Vagrant shrew with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Himalayan shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Soriculus nigrescens:
- Sandy inland mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Savanna path shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Brown mastiff bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Dark-footed mouse shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Western pygmy possum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Silky short-tailed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Narrow-winged pipistrelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Allen’s big-eared bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Himalayan shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Himalayan shrew:
- North African gerbil with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Fawn antechinus with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow-necked mouse with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Altiplano grass mouse with a size of 9.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern collared lemming with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Himalayan shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Himalayan shrew: