It is hard to guess what a Montane white-toothed shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Montane white-toothed shrew (Crocidura montis) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Montane white-toothed 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 montane white-toothed shrew (Crocidura montis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Montane white-toothed shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Jackson’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- African black shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Therese’s shrew with a weight of 17 grams
- Mindanao shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Smoky white-toothed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Grant’s forest shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Saharan shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Geata mouse shrew with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Montane white-toothed shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura montis:
- Common planigale bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Brown flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Rufous mouse opossum bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Desert pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Montane shrew tenrec bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mexican free-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Great bent-winged bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Pond bat bringing 15 grams to the scale