It is hard to guess what a Kongana shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kongana shrew (Sylvisorex konganensis) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Kongana shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sylvisorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.7 cm (0′ 5″).
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 Kongana shrew (Sylvisorex konganensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Central African Republic. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Kongana shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Hero shrew with a weight of 91 grams
- Smith’s shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bicolored musk shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Bicolored shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Kivu shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Marsh shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Piebald shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Arctic shrew with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Kongana shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvisorex konganensis:
- Broad-headed pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser dwarf shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- African pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Raffray’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Hardwicke’s woolly bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Malagasy mouse-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Cape serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Vagrant shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Dwarf dog-faced bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Stoliczka’s trident bat bringing 6 grams to the scale