It is hard to guess what a Niobe’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Niobe’s shrew (Crocidura niobe) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Niobe’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3 cm (0′ 2″). Usually, Niobe’s 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.
Niobe’s shrew (Crocidura niobe) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.
Animals of the same family as a Niobe’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Shinto shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Fog shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Vagrant shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Volcano shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Reddish-gray musk shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Dsinezumi shrew with 4 babies per litter
- Elgon shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Smoky shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Climbing shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- African giant shrew with a weight of 33 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Niobe’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura niobe:
- Chestnut dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Halcyon horseshoe bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Velvety fruit-eating bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Spotted free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Western bent-winged bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Tree bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Short-headed broad-nosed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Niobe’s shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Niobe’s shrew: