It is hard to guess what a Salenski’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Salenski’s shrew (Chodsigoa salenskii) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Salenski’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Chodsigoa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.3 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Salenski’s shrew (Chodsigoa salenskii) is a red-toothed shrew found only in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Wolong National Nature Reserve. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Animals of the same family as a Salenski’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Dwarf shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Bottego’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Saussure’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Nigerian shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Kongana shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Baird’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Himalayan shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Buettikofer’s shrew with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Salenski’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chodsigoa salenskii:
- Long-tailed planigale bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Cinereus shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Black-winged little yellow bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Salenski’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Greater Papuan pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Slender shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser dog-like bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Rendall’s serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale