It is hard to guess what a Lesser large-headed shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Lesser large-headed shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Paracrocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″).
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 large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser large-headed shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Doucet’s musk shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Mexican small-eared shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Reddish-gray musk shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Greater red musk shrew with a weight of 31 grams
- Niobe’s shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Azumi shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Saussure’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Rainey’s shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Mediterranean water shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser large-headed shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paracrocidura schoutedeni:
- Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Upemba shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Bates’s slit-faced bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Swamp musk shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Para dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Broad-eared bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Olive-backed pocket mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Northern leaf-nosed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Cape horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Isabelle’s ghost bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lesser large-headed shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser large-headed shrew:
- Whitaker’s shrew with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Lined pocket mouse with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ranee mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Dark kangaroo mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- New Holland mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)