It is hard to guess what a Indian hedgehog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Indian hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus) on average weights 171 grams (0.38 lbs).
The Indian hedgehog is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Paraechinus). It is usually born with about 8 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Indian hedgehogs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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 Indian hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus) is a species of hedgehog native to India and Pakistan. It mainly lives in sandy desert areas but can be found in other environments.
Animals of the same family as a Indian hedgehog
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 352 grams
- European hedgehog with a weight of 789 grams
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a weight of 213 grams
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Four-toed hedgehog with a weight of 311 grams
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 396 grams
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a weight of 213 grams
- Long-eared hedgehog with a weight of 332 grams
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Indian hedgehog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paraechinus micropus:
- Unexpected cotton rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Guam flying fox bringing 153 grams to the scale
- Common degu bringing 203 grams to the scale
- Mottled tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Tamaulipan woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Little golden-mantled flying fox bringing 184 grams to the scale
- Mindoro striped rat bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur bringing 197 grams to the scale
- Large treeshrew bringing 182 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Indian hedgehog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Indian hedgehog:
- Mindanao treeshrew with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Texas antelope squirrel with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Senegal bushbaby with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gilliard’s flying fox with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Barbary ground squirrel with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Southern Plains woodrat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Large mole with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Rough-haired golden mole with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Indian hedgehog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Indian hedgehog: