It is hard to guess what a Ugandan musk shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ugandan musk shrew (Crocidura mutesae) on average weights 23 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Ugandan musk shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3 cm (0′ 2″).
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 Ugandan musk shrew (Crocidura mutesae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. Its range, population size and habits are poorly known.
Animals of the same family as a Ugandan musk shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- African black shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Negros shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Greater dwarf shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Turbo shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- East African highland shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Chinese mole shrew with a weight of 20 grams
- Merida small-eared shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew with a weight of 18 grams
- Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew with a weight of 36 grams
- Glacier Bay water shrew with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ugandan musk shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura mutesae:
- Blackish white-toothed shrew bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys magellanicus bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Hairy harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Northern yellow bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Mauritian tomb bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Northern bog lemming bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Greater mouse-eared bat bringing 25 grams to the scale