It is hard to guess what a Turbo shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Turbo shrew (Crocidura turba) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Turbo shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.4 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Turbo shrews have 2 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 turbo shrew (Crocidura turba) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Animals of the same family as a Turbo shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Savanna dwarf shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Grasse’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Gansu shrew with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Flat-headed shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Montane white-toothed shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Azumi shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Ultimate shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Turbo shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura turba:
- Greater long-fingered bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Rainey’s shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Gould’s wattled bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Chestnut dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Acuminate horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Parti-coloured bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Flat-skulled shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Silky short-tailed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Turbo shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Turbo shrew: