It is hard to guess what a Taiga shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Taiga shrew (Sorex isodon) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Taiga shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Taiga shrews have 7 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 taiga shrew (Sorex isodon), also known as the even-toothed shrew can achieve a body length of about 67 millimeters, with a tail of about 43 millimeters. This shrew is very similar to the long-clawed shrew. This species inhabits forested mountain valleys, and is found across northern Eurasia. It ranges from the Baltic Sea area through the Lake Baikal region of Siberia into the Russian Far East and along the Baekdudaegan mountains of the Korean Peninsula.
Animals of the same family as a Taiga shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Southeast Asian shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Hildegarde’s shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Ruwenzori shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Mexican shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Fraser’s musk shrew with a weight of 17 grams
- Long-tailed shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Long-clawed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- African black shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Taiga shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex isodon:
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Western pebble-mound mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Variegated butterfly bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Black-clawed brush-furred rat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Orange nectar bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Jamaican flower bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Dark-footed mouse shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Pearson’s horseshoe bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Taiga shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Taiga shrew:
- Antillean fruit-eating bat with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Marsh shrew with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Red fruit bat with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Plains pocket mouse with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Canyon mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Cuban flower bat with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cape serotine with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- New Holland mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Taiga shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (7) as a Taiga shrew: