It is hard to guess what a Mount Lyell shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Mount Lyell shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.1 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 Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is named for Mount Lyell in Yosemite National Park, the area where the shrew has been most commonly found.
Animals of the same family as a Mount Lyell shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Northern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Greater red musk shrew with a weight of 31 grams
- Mauritanian shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Moon forest shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Moonshine shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Lesser dwarf shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Scaly-footed small-eared shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Aberdare mole shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Reddish-gray musk shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Goliath shrew with a weight of 87 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mount Lyell shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex lyelli:
- Broad-headed pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser dog-like bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Diminutive serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Painted bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Clear-winged woolly bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Montane myotis bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Little big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale