It is hard to guess what a Taiva shrew tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Taiva shrew tenrec (Microgale taiva) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Taiva 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 taiva shrew tenrec (Microgale taiva) 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 Taiva shrew tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a weight of 129 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 34 grams
- Large-eared tenrec with a weight of 6 grams
- Dryad shrew tenrec with a weight of 40 grams
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 9 grams
- Ruwenzori otter shrew with a weight of 112 grams
- Nimba otter shrew with a weight of 69 grams
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Mole-like rice tenrec with a weight of 39 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Taiva shrew tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microgale taiva:
- Greater long-fingered bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Little free-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Glacier Bay water shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Gray long-tongued bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Intermediate long-fingered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Hinde’s lesser house bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Delicate vesper mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Noack’s roundleaf bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat bringing 14 grams to the scale