It is hard to guess what a Wimmer’s shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Wimmer’s shrew (Crocidura wimmeri) on average weights 23 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Wimmer’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.
Wimmer’s shrew (Crocidura wimmeri) is a white-toothed shrew found only in Côte d’Ivoire. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Animals of the same family as a Wimmer’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Himalayan water shrew with a weight of 33 grams
- Asian house shrew with a weight of 43 grams
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a weight of 11 grams
- Carmen Mountain shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Crosse’s shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Bicolored musk shrew with a weight of 5 grams
- Siberian large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Therese’s shrew with a weight of 17 grams
- Large-toothed shrew with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Wimmer’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura wimmeri:
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- White-bellied yellow bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Thespian grass mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Anderson’s gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Ugandan musk shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Gracile shrew tenrec bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Steppe field mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Peromyscus maniculatus bringing 19 grams to the scale