How big does a Hainan gymnure get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Hainan gymnure (Hylomys hainanensis) reaches an average size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 58 grams (0.13 lbs). The Hainan gymnure (genus: Hylomys) is a member of the family Erinaceidae.
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.
The Hainan gymnure (Neohylomys hainanensis) or Hainan moonrat is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was thought to be endemic to the island of Hainan, China where it is threatened due to habitat loss, but in 2018 was found to also occur in, and be rather common, within Northern Vietnam.It is in the monotypic genus Neohylomys.
Animals of the same family as a Hainan gymnure
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Short-tailed gymnure with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Amur hedgehog with a size of 24.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern white-breasted hedgehog with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Dinagat gymnure with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same size as a Hainan gymnure
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hainan gymnure:
- Stephen’s woodrat with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed dasyure with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mexican volcano mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Black-tailed dasyure with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Hainan gymnure
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylomys hainanensis:
- Brown mouse lemur bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Master leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Underwood’s bonneted bat bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s fruit bat bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat bringing 56 grams to the scale