How big does a Golden-rumped elephant shrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) reaches an average size of 27.3 cm (0′ 11″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 4 years, they grow from 80 grams (0.18 lbs) to 535 grams (1.18 lbs). A Golden-rumped elephant shrew has 1 babies at once. The Golden-rumped elephant shrew (genus: Rhynchocyon) is a member of the family Macroscelididae.
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 golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is a small African mammal. It is the largest species of the elephant shrew family along with its close relative the grey-faced sengi. It is classified as endangered.
Animals of the same family as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew
We found other animals of the Macroscelididae family:
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- North African elephant shrew with 2 babies per litter
- Black and rufous elephant shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Dusky elephant shrew with 1 babies per litter
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew with a weight of 57 grams
- Four-toed elephant shrew with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Western rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cape elephant shrew with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Macroscelides proboscideus with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Checkered elephant shrew with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Golden-rumped elephant shrew:
- Gunnison’s prairie dog with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Pousargues’s mongoose with a size of 29 cm (1′ 0″)
- Baja California rock squirrel with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Forest giant squirrel with a size of 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Desert cottontail with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Black-bearded flying fox with a size of 28.5 cm (1′ 0″)
- Gray four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew:
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis
- Dassie rat
- Proserpine rock-wallaby
- Harbor seal
- Tweedy’s crab-eating rat
- Subalpine woolly rat
- South American sea lion
- Barbary sheep
- Magdalena rat
- African savanna hare
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew:
- Northern birch mouse with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Black myotis with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Vinogradov’s jird with an average maximal age of 3.33 years
- Arctic lemming with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
- Lesser mole-rat with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Hylaeamys megacephalus with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
- Fat-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 4.25 years
- Northern common cuscus with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Steppe pika with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Hylaeamys megacephalus with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
Animals with the same weight as a Golden-rumped elephant shrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhynchocyon chrysopygus:
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel bringing 500 grams to the scale
- European hamster bringing 429 grams to the scale
- Oaxacan pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- White-lipped tamarin bringing 509 grams to the scale
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s tamarin bringing 493 grams to the scale
- Painted ringtail possum bringing 642 grams to the scale
- Goeldi’s marmoset bringing 558 grams to the scale
- Maués marmoset bringing 443 grams to the scale
- Bulmer’s fruit bat bringing 621 grams to the scale