It is hard to guess what a Naked-nosed shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) on average weights 18 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Naked-nosed shrew tenrec is from the family Tenrecidae (genus: Microgale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 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 naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Four-toed rice tenrec with a weight of 35 grams
- Nimba otter shrew with a weight of 69 grams
- Taiva shrew tenrec with a weight of 12 grams
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 9 grams
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a weight of 129 grams
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 8 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 34 grams
- Pale shrew tenrec with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale gymnorhyncha:
- Pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Spotted free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Eligmodontia typus bringing 17 grams to the scale
- White-collared fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Lesser red musk shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Highland yellow-shouldered bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- White-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Notiomys bringing 21 grams to the scale