It is hard to guess what a Saussure’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Saussure’s shrew (Sorex saussurei) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Saussure’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.3 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.
Saussure’s shrew (Sorex saussurei) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Mexico. There is also a disjoint population of shrews in Guatemala that is provisionally assigned to this species, but may represent a distinct species.
Animals of the same family as a Saussure’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Apennine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Moon forest shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Mount Cameroon forest shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Iberian shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Babault’s mouse shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Saussure’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex saussurei:
- Zulu serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Eurasian pygmy shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Least long-fingered bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Carmen Mountain shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Crawford’s gray shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Painted bat bringing 4 grams to the scale