It is hard to guess what a Verapaz shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Verapaz shrew (Sorex veraepacis) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Verapaz shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Sorex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 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 Verapaz shrew (Sorex veraepacis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Verapaz shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Radde’s shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Himalayan water shrew with a weight of 33 grams
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Himalayan shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Lesser dwarf shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Crawford’s gray shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Sclater’s shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Gansu shrew with a size of 8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Savanna dwarf shrew with a weight of 6 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Verapaz shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex veraepacis:
- Thick-eared bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Siberian large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Micronycteris sylvestris bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Large forest bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Smoky shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Hodgson’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Malagasy serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Dwarf slit-faced bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Tasmanian pygmy possum bringing 8 grams to the scale