It is hard to guess what a Ludia’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ludia’s shrew (Crocidura ludia) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Ludia’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 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.
Ludia’s shrew (Crocidura ludia) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Ludia’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Lesser large-headed shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Moon forest shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Crowned shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Negros shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Tien Shan shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Mexican shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Nigerian shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Fog shrew with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ludia’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura ludia:
- Delany’s mouse bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Peters’s musk shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Grey long-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Wollaston’s roundleaf bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser long-tongued bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Fly River trumpet-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Yellowish myotis bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Common pipistrelle bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Japanese house bat bringing 5 grams to the scale