It is hard to guess what a Whitaker’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Whitaker’s shrew (Crocidura whitakeri) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Whitaker’s shrew is from the family Soricidae (genus: Crocidura). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 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.
Whitaker’s shrew (Crocidura whitakeri) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Western Sahara, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky and sandy coasts. It is a fairly common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Whitaker’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Upemba shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Mexican long-tailed shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Common shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- American pygmy shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Cinereus shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Kivu long-haired shrew with 3 babies per litter
- Large-eared gray shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Whitaker’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura whitakeri:
- Western small-footed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Dwarf slit-faced bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Savi’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Elgon shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- White-bellied big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Ridley’s bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Whitaker’s shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Whitaker’s shrew:
- Trowbridge’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Common blossom bat with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Moss-forest blossom bat with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Vagrant shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater white-toothed shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Short-nosed harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pale shrew tenrec with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tailed tailless bat with a size of 5.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)