It is hard to guess what a Western rock elephant shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus rupestris) on average weights 65 grams (0.14 lbs).
The Western rock elephant shrew is from the family Macroscelididae (genus: Elephantulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.2 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Western rock elephant shrews have 1 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 western rock elephant shrew or western rock sengi (Elephantulus rupestris) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, possibly Angola, and possibly Botswana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.Smaller members of western rock elephant shrew possess functional brown adipose tissue, which changes in thermogenic capacity depending on the season.
Animals of the same family as a Western rock elephant shrew
We found other animals of the Macroscelididae family:
- Rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 52 grams
- Checkered elephant shrew with a weight of 424 grams
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew with a weight of 57 grams
- Golden-rumped elephant shrew with a weight of 535 grams
- Black and rufous elephant shrew with a weight of 423 grams
- Somali elephant shrew with a weight of 32 grams
- Short-snouted elephant shrew with a weight of 45 grams
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a weight of 59 grams
- Four-toed elephant shrew with a weight of 201 grams
- Bushveld elephant shrew with a weight of 48 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western rock elephant shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Elephantulus rupestris:
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s vole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys legatus bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Inca Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Oecomys trinitatis bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Sonoma chipmunk bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Charming thicket rat bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed dasyure bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Marmoset rat bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed chipmunk bringing 60 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Western rock elephant shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Western rock elephant shrew:
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Salim Ali’s fruit bat with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dayak fruit bat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Aztec mouse with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tullberg’s soft-furred mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Western heather vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Little woolly mouse opossum with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern chestnut mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chiruromys lamia with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Western rock elephant shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Western rock elephant shrew: