It is hard to guess what a Negros shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Negros shrew (Crocidura negrina) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Negros 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 Negros shrew (Crocidura negrina) is a white-toothed shrew found only on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It is locally called the katsurà and is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Animals of the same family as a Negros shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Apennine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Alpine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Merriam’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Geata mouse shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Myosorex varius with a weight of 11 grams
- Mindanao shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Marsh shrew with a weight of 15 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Negros shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura negrina:
- Evening bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Little big-eyed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Trident bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Brazilian brown bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Little free-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Common shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Bates’s slit-faced bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Southern birch mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Variegated butterfly bat bringing 11 grams to the scale