It is hard to guess what a Savanna swamp shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Savanna swamp shrew (Crocidura longipes) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Savanna swamp shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 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 Savanna swamp shrew (Crocidura longipes) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Nigeria. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Savanna swamp shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Mexican shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Bornean water shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Crosse’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Chestnut-bellied shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Mount Cameroon forest shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Whitaker’s shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Large-eared gray shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Reddish-gray musk shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Apennine shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Kongana shrew with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Savanna swamp shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura longipes:
- Juliana’s golden mole bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Sumichrast’s harvest mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Hairy harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Fraser’s musk shrew bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Seba’s short-tailed bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Railer bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys microtis bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Eastern false pipistrelle bringing 22 grams to the scale