It is hard to guess what a Smoky white-toothed shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smoky white-toothed shrew (Crocidura fumosa) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Smoky white-toothed shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.1 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Smoky white-toothed shrews have 3 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 smoky white-toothed shrew (Crocidura fumosa) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Smoky white-toothed shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Merida small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Flat-skulled shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Crawford’s gray shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Swamp musk shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Wimmer’s shrew with a weight of 23 grams
- Makwassie musk shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- North American least shrew with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Smoky white-toothed shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura fumosa:
- Central pebble-mound mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Ghost-faced bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Glacier Bay water shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Flat-skulled shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Eastern red bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Striped hairy-nosed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Himalayan shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Gervais’s fruit-eating bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Smoky white-toothed shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Smoky white-toothed shrew: