It is hard to guess what a Hainan gymnure weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hainan gymnure (Hylomys hainanensis) on average weights 58 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Hainan gymnure is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Hylomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.5 cm (0′ 6″).
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 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:
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- European hedgehog with a weight of 789 grams
- Short-tailed gymnure with a weight of 60 grams
- Hugh’s hedgehog with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Southern African hedgehog with a weight of 337 grams
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 396 grams
- Indian hedgehog with a weight of 171 grams
- Hainan gymnure with a weight of 52 grams
- Southern white-breasted hedgehog with a weight of 690 grams
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
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:
- Issel’s groove-toothed swamp rat bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Webb’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Senegal gerbil bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Maritime striped squirrel bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s fruit bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Master leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Andean swamp rat bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Günther’s vole bringing 50 grams to the scale
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:
- Least forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Neblina slender opossum with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray-cheeked flying squirrel with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Townsend’s vole with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Botta’s pocket gopher with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)