It is hard to guess what a Least dwarf shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Least dwarf shrew (Suncus infinitesimus) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Least dwarf shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Suncus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.5 cm (0′ 7″).
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 least dwarf shrew (Suncus infinitesimus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land.
Animals of the same family as a Least dwarf shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Ludia’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew with a weight of 36 grams
- Ornate shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Johnston’s forest shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Merida small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Jackson’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Thomas’s small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Horsfield’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Large-eared gray shrew with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Least dwarf shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Suncus infinitesimus:
- Spix’s disk-winged bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Ridley’s bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Western small-footed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Rusty pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Kerivoula hardwickei bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Cinereus shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Hardwicke’s woolly bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Trinidad dog-like bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Zulu serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale