It is hard to guess what a Luzon shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Luzon shrew (Crocidura grayi) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Luzon shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6 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 Luzon shrew (Crocidura grayi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Luzon shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Vagrant shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Rainey’s shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Swamp musk shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Myosorex varius with a weight of 11 grams
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Dwarf shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Crosse’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- American pygmy shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Elgon shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Canarian shrew with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Luzon shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura grayi:
- Greater dog-like bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Pilliga mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-footed bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Fischer’s little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Bechstein’s bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Myosorex varius bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Darien harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Taiga shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale