It is hard to guess what a Mexican small-eared shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mexican small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mexicana) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Mexican small-eared shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Cryptotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Mexican small-eared shrews have 2 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 Mexican small-eared shrew (Cryptotis mexicana) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Mexican small-eared shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Siberian large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Gansu shrew with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Japanese water shrew with a weight of 36 grams
- Hildegarde’s shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Makwassie musk shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Lesser red musk shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Dsinezumi shrew with 4 babies per litter
- Savanna shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Tien Shan shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Mexican small-eared shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cryptotis mexicana:
- Merriam’s pocket mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-footed bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Apennine shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Fog shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Reddish-gray musk shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Northern birch mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Stoliczka’s trident bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Verapaz shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Thick-eared bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Setzer’s pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mexican small-eared shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mexican small-eared shrew:
- Little yellow-shouldered bat with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Jamaican flower bat with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Trident bat with a size of 5.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater mouse-eared bat with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hairy big-eyed bat with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser bulldog bat with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mexican small-eared shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Mexican small-eared shrew: