It is hard to guess what a Short-tailed shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Short-tailed shrew tenrec is from the family Tenrecidae (genus: Microgale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Short-tailed shrew tenrecs have 4 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.
The short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Short-tailed shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Large-eared tenrec with a weight of 6 grams
- Thomas’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 22 grams
- Taiva shrew tenrec with a weight of 12 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 4 grams
- Ruwenzori otter shrew with a weight of 112 grams
- Four-toed rice tenrec with a weight of 35 grams
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a weight of 129 grams
- Highland streaked tenrec with a weight of 102 grams
- Dryad shrew tenrec with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Short-tailed shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale brevicaudata:
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s big-eared bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Long-fingered bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Long-legged myotis bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Smaller horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Damara woolly bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Paucident planigale bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Pygmy round-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Darling’s horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Short-tailed shrew tenrec
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Short-tailed shrew tenrec: