It is hard to guess what a Upemba shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Upemba shrew (Crocidura zimmeri) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Upemba shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.3 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 Upemba shrew (Crocidura zimmeri) is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Upemba shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Sclater’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Dark-footed mouse shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Bottego’s shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Sahelian tiny shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Arctic shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Bates’s shrew with a weight of 16 grams
- Dent’s shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Least dwarf shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Grant’s forest shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Mauritanian shrew with a weight of 2 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Upemba shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura zimmeri:
- Niobe’s shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Isabelle’s ghost bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Southern dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Asian barbastelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Greater long-tailed hamster bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Rock pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Lesser hairy-winged bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Darien harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Miller’s long-tongued bat bringing 13 grams to the scale