It is hard to guess what a Iberian shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Iberian shrew (Sorex granarius) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Iberian shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.3 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Iberian 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 Iberian shrew or Lagranja shrew (Sorex granarius) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.
Animals of the same family as a Iberian shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Yankari shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Carmen Mountain shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Lesser striped shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Northern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Johnston’s forest shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Canarian shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Fraser’s musk shrew with a weight of 17 grams
- Fox’s shrew with a weight of 21 grams
- Climbing shrew with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Iberian shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex granarius:
- Paratriaenops furculus bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Swinny’s horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Narrow-nosed planigale bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Big-eared horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Spurred roundleaf bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s nectar bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Cape serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Iberian shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Iberian shrew:
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tailed tailless bat with a size of 5.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Egyptian free-tailed bat with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lined pocket mouse with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Grasse’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Rhinolophus hilli with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Northern ghost bat with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Iberian shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Iberian shrew: