It is hard to guess what a Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew (Feroculus feroculus) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Feroculus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 50 cm (1′ 8″).
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.
Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew (Feroculus feroculus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Feroculus. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and southern India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is known as පිරි හික් මීයා in Sinhala.The species is named for zoologist Edward Frederick Kelaart.Head and body length is 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in). Tail is 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in) long. Pelage cloe, soft, and short. Uniform ashy-black above, paler and glossy below. Forefeet almost white, very long and reddish claws. Tail covered by fine hairs as well as a few bristly long hairs.
Animals of the same family as a Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Blackish white-toothed shrew with a weight of 20 grams
- Eurasian water shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Arctic shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Luzon shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Alpine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Preble’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Salenski’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Carmen Mountain shrew with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Feroculus feroculus:
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Puno grass mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Silent grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Yellow-necked mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Soft grass mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Panama slender opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Southern vole bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Tyler’s mouse opossum bringing 32 grams to the scale
- White-striped free-tailed bat bringing 36 grams to the scale