It is hard to guess what a Mauritanian shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mauritanian shrew (Crocidura lusitania) on average weights 2 grams (0 lbs).
The Mauritanian shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3 cm (0′ 2″).
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 Mauritanian shrew (Crocidura lusitania) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Animals of the same family as a Mauritanian shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Turbo shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Swamp musk shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Flat-skulled shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Elegant water shrew with a weight of 38 grams
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Baird’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Savanna dwarf shrew with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mauritanian shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura lusitania:
- Pipistrellus mimus bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Flat-headed shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Eurasian least shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Desert pipistrelle bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Tiny pipistrelle bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Himalayan whiskered bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Desert pipistrelle bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Arizona shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Etruscan shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Dwarf shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mauritanian shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mauritanian shrew:
- Kitti’s hog-nosed bat with a size of 3 cm (0′ 2″)