It is hard to guess what a Macroscelides proboscideus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Macroscelides proboscideus (Macroscelides proboscideus) on average weights 38 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Macroscelides proboscideus is from the family Macroscelididae (genus: Macroscelides). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.3 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Macroscelides proboscideuss have 1 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 round-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) or round-eared sengi (called the Karoo round-eared elephant shrew to distinguish it from its sister species; formerly misleadingly named the “short-eared elephant shrew”), is a species of elephant shrew (sengi) in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts. They eat insects, shoots, and roots. Their gestation period is 56 days.Elephant shrews are among only a handful of monogamous mammals, making them a model group for the study of monogamy. They have been studied for their mate guarding behavior.
Animals of the same family as a Macroscelides proboscideus
We found other animals of the Macroscelididae family:
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a weight of 59 grams
- Western rock elephant shrew with a weight of 65 grams
- Dusky elephant shrew with 1 babies per litter
- North African elephant shrew with a weight of 43 grams
- Checkered elephant shrew with a weight of 424 grams
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew with a weight of 57 grams
- Short-snouted elephant shrew with a weight of 45 grams
- Bushveld elephant shrew with a weight of 48 grams
- Rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 52 grams
- Somali elephant shrew with a weight of 32 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Macroscelides proboscideus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macroscelides proboscideus:
- Northern mole vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Halmahera blossom bat bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Mexican vole bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed dasyure bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Musso’s fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Tonatia silvicola bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Mount Apo forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Little collared fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Macroscelides proboscideus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Macroscelides proboscideus:
- Chinese mole shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Coast mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-nosed dasyure with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan water shrew with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Irenomys with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Edwards’s long-tailed giant rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pallas’s tube-nosed bat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Fawn antechinus with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Four-striped grass mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Macroscelides proboscideus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Macroscelides proboscideus: