How big does a Trowbridge’s shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Trowbridge’s shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) reaches an average size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 1.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 5 grams (0.01 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Trowbridge’s shrews have 3 babies about 2 times per year. The Trowbridge’s shrew (genus: Sorex) is a member of the family Soricidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
Trowbridge’s shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in southern British Columbia in Canada and in Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States.
Animals of the same family as a Trowbridge’s shrew
We found other animals of the Soricidae family:
- Upemba shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Zacatecas shrew with a weight of 7 grams
- Laxmann’s shrew with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Glacier Bay water shrew with a weight of 14 grams
- Carmen Mountain shrew with a weight of 4 grams
- Mexican shrew with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Madagascan pygmy shrew with a weight of 2 grams
- Smoky shrew with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tundra shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same size as a Trowbridge’s shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Trowbridge’s shrew:
- Eurasian harvest mouse with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Serotine bat with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eurasian pygmy shrew with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eastern harvest mouse with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Moupin pika with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Sundevall’s roundleaf bat with a size of 5.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tien Shan shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ranee mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Steppe mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Trowbridge’s shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Trowbridge’s shrew:
- Aztec mouse
- Red rock rat
- Xerus erythropus
- Mexican cottontail
- Taiwan field mouse
- Père David’s mole
- Black-backed jackal
- Arizona gray squirrel
- Darien harvest mouse
- Woodland thicket rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Trowbridge’s shrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Trowbridge’s shrew:
- Campbell’s dwarf hamster with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- Panamanian spiny pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- North American least shrew with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- Southern red-backed vole with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- American water shrew with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
- Malabar spiny dormouse with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Southern red-backed vole with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Cotton mouse with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Crawford’s gray shrew with an average maximal age of 1.25 years
- Texas mouse with an average maximal age of 1.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Trowbridge’s shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sorex trowbridgii:
- Least pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Malayan horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Lesser woolly bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- White-winged serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Somali serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale