How big does a European hedgehog get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) reaches an average size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 14 years, they grow from 15 grams (0.03 lbs) to 789 grams (1.74 lbs). Talking about reproduction, European hedgehogs have 4 babies about 1 times per year. The European hedgehog (genus: Erinaceus) 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 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species found in Europe, from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia. It is a generally common and widely distributed species that can survive across a wide range of habitat types. It is a well-known species, and a favorite in European gardens, both for its endearing appearance and its preference for eating a range of garden pests. While populations are currently stable across much of its range, it is thought to be declining severely in Great Britain.
Animals of the same family as a European hedgehog
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Hugh’s hedgehog with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Desert hedgehog with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Southern African hedgehog with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Long-eared hedgehog with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a European hedgehog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as European hedgehog:
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Guyenne spiny rat with a size of 22 cm (0′ 9″)
- Busuanga squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Big-headed African mole-rat with a size of 20.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Buffy-headed marmoset with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mountain weasel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Philippine forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Richmond’s squirrel with a size of 19.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a size of 25.8 cm (0′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a European hedgehog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a European hedgehog:
- Senegal gerbil
- Dsinezumi shrew
- Red-cheeked dunnart
- Bank vole
- Geata mouse shrew
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat
- Montane wood mouse
- Peromyscus maniculatus
- Boehm’s gerbil
- Long-tailed shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a European hedgehog
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a European hedgehog:
- Tricolored bat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Fennec fox with an average maximal age of 14.58 years
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 12.33 years
- Natterer’s bat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- American red squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Royal antelope with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Northern bat with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Hispaniolan solenodon with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- La Plata dolphin with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a European hedgehog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Erinaceus europaeus:
- Spectacled flying fox bringing 759 grams to the scale
- Ring-tailed vontsira bringing 815 grams to the scale
- Cacomistle bringing 906 grams to the scale
- David’s echymipera bringing 817 grams to the scale
- Mountain beaver bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale
- Arizona gray squirrel bringing 647 grams to the scale
- Mountain cottontail bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Northern sportive lemur bringing 760 grams to the scale
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale