It is hard to guess what a Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (Microgale soricoides) on average weights 18 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Shrew-toothed 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 shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (Microgale soricoides) 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 Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Giant otter shrew with a weight of 685 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 34 grams
- Pale shrew tenrec with a weight of 7 grams
- Montane shrew tenrec with a weight of 13 grams
- Web-footed tenrec with a weight of 77 grams
- Dryad shrew tenrec with a weight of 40 grams
- Ruwenzori otter shrew with a weight of 112 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 39 grams
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a weight of 129 grams
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale soricoides:
- Botta’s serotine bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Aceramarca gracile opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Brown flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Northern short-tailed shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Blackish grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Père David’s vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian striped mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Lakeland Downs mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Therese’s shrew bringing 17 grams to the scale