It is hard to guess what a Somali elephant shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Somali elephant shrew (Elephantulus revoili) on average weights 32 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Somali elephant shrew is from the family Macroscelididae (genus: Elephantulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.8 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoili) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts. The Somali sengi is among the 25 “most wanted lost” species that are the focus of Global Wildlife Conservation’s “Search for Lost Species” initiative.
Animals of the same family as a Somali elephant shrew
We found other animals of the Macroscelididae family:
- Checkered elephant shrew with a weight of 424 grams
- North African elephant shrew with a weight of 43 grams
- Black and rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 423 grams
- Macroscelides proboscideus with a weight of 38 grams
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a weight of 59 grams
- Bushveld elephant shrew with a weight of 48 grams
- Short-snouted elephant shrew with a weight of 45 grams
- Rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 52 grams
- Western rock elephant shrew with a weight of 65 grams
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew with a weight of 57 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Somali elephant shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Elephantulus revoili:
- Northern hopping mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Great stripe-faced bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Brown antechinus bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s big-eyed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Forest dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Japanese grass vole bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Yellow-necked mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Big crested mastiff bat bringing 29 grams to the scale