It is hard to guess what a Kilimanjaro shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kilimanjaro shrew (Crocidura monax) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Kilimanjaro shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3 cm (0′ 2″).
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 Kilimanjaro shrew (Crocidura monax) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Animals of the same family as a Kilimanjaro shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Myosorex varius with a weight of 11 grams
- Bicolored musk shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Grasse’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Makwassie musk shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Crocidura grandiceps with a weight of 23 grams
- Chestnut-bellied shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- African giant shrew with a weight of 33 grams
- Elliot’s short-tailed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Tundra shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Egyptian pygmy shrew with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Kilimanjaro shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura monax:
- Handley’s tailless bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Delicate vesper mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Ozimops beccarii bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Lesser yellow bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Asian barbastelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed dunnart bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Malagasy slit-faced bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Aztec mastiff bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale