It is hard to guess what a Lesser dwarf shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser dwarf shrew (Suncus varilla) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Lesser dwarf shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Suncus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.6 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Lesser dwarf shrews have 3 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 lesser dwarf shrew (Suncus varilla) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser dwarf shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Flat-skulled shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Eisentraut’s shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Fog shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Grant’s forest shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Bottego’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Jackson’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Hildegarde’s shrew with a weight of 10 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser dwarf shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Suncus varilla:
- Large forest bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- White-bellied big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Blyth’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Big-eared horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Mexican funnel-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Diminutive serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Sooty mustached bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Tricolored bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser dwarf shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Lesser dwarf shrew: