It is hard to guess what a Yankari shrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Yankari shrew (Crocidura yankariensis) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Yankari 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.
The Yankari shrew (Crocidura yankariensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Yankari shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Savanna shrew with a weight of 10 grams
- Dark-footed mouse shrew with a weight of 12 grams
- Dwarf shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Arctic shrew with a weight of 8 grams
- Least dwarf shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Johnston’s forest shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Jouvenet’s shrew with a weight of 9 grams
- Southeastern shrew with a weight of 3 grams
- Doucet’s musk shrew with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Yankari shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crocidura yankariensis:
- Blanford’s bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Big-eared horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Clear-winged woolly bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Dent’s horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Thailand roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Least long-fingered bat bringing 4 grams to the scale