It is hard to guess what a Somali shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Somali shrew (Crocidura somalica) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Somali shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 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 Somali shrew (Crocidura somalica) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Mali, Somalia, and Sudan. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Somali shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Himalayan water shrew with a weight of 33 grams
- Fog shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Bicolored shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Moonshine shrew with a weight of 13 grams
- Elliot’s short-tailed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Vagrant shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Saussure’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Kilimanjaro shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Lesser dwarf shrew with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Somali shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura somalica:
- Western harvest mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Lesser hairy-winged bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Glen’s wattled bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Dwarf little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Tropical big-eared brown bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Lesser noctule bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mahomet mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale