It is hard to guess what a Hainan gymnure weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hainan gymnure (Neohylomys hainanensis) on average weights 52 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Hainan gymnure is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Neohylomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.4 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:
- North African hedgehog with a weight of 931 grams
- European hedgehog with a weight of 789 grams
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Hainan gymnure with a weight of 58 grams
- Four-toed hedgehog with a weight of 311 grams
- Moonrat with a weight of 787 grams
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Southern African hedgehog with a weight of 337 grams
- Short-tailed gymnure with a weight of 60 grams
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a weight of 213 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hainan gymnure
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neohylomys hainanensis:
- European snow vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Defua rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Togo mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Pale gerbil bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Broad-striped dasyure bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Cape short-eared gerbil bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Hopi chipmunk bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Pale-faced bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Chaco grass mouse bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Comoro rousette bringing 45 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:
- Coruro with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Flat-headed vole with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Townsend’s chipmunk with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bush vlei rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Heath mouse with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Big-eared kangaroo rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Southern flying squirrel with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Uinta chipmunk with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)