It is hard to guess what a Four-toed hedgehog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) on average weights 311 grams (0.69 lbs).
The Four-toed hedgehog is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Atelerix). It is usually born with about 8 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.9 cm (0′ 7″). On average, Four-toed hedgehogs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 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 four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), is a species of hedgehog found throughout much of central and eastern Africa.Populations tend to be scattered between suitable savannah or cropland habitats, avoiding forested areas. The species common name is derived from the number of toes found on its hind feet. Due to its extensive range and stable wild population, the species is rated as least concern by the IUCN. There are no universally agreed subspecies of A. albiventris.
Animals of the same family as a Four-toed hedgehog
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Somali hedgehog with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- European hedgehog with a weight of 789 grams
- Long-eared hedgehog with a weight of 332 grams
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Short-tailed gymnure with a weight of 60 grams
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hainan gymnure with a weight of 52 grams
- North African hedgehog with a weight of 931 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Four-toed hedgehog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Atelerix albiventris:
- Chinese zokor bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Lowland ringtail possum bringing 300 grams to the scale
- Speckled spiny tree-rat bringing 283 grams to the scale
- Bushy-tailed woodrat bringing 286 grams to the scale
- Napo spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Red squirrel bringing 333 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Bennett’s chinchilla rat bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Tome’s spiny rat bringing 355 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Four-toed hedgehog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Four-toed hedgehog:
- Javanese flying squirrel with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Steppe pika with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Malayan field rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Guam flying fox with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gregarious short-tailed rat with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Sikkim rat with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mexican mouse opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Water vole (North America) with a size of 15.4 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Four-toed hedgehog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Four-toed hedgehog: