It is hard to guess what a Pale shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pale shrew tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Pale 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 pale shrew tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy), also known as the pale-footed shrew tenrec 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 Pale shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 9 grams
- Highland streaked tenrec with a weight of 102 grams
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 4 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 3 grams
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Nimba otter shrew with a weight of 69 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 34 grams
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with a weight of 277 grams
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 37 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pale shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale fotsifotsy:
- Small bent-winged bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Trinidadian funnel-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Grey long-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Baird’s shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Fraternal myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Egyptian pygmy shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Pomona roundleaf bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Argentine brown bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- White-bellied big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Long-legged myotis bringing 8 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pale shrew tenrec
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pale shrew tenrec:
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater false vampire bat with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hazel dormouse with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Somali serotine with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- San Diego pocket mouse with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Temminck’s mouse with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wandering small-eared shrew with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Woodland dormouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)