It is hard to guess what a Large-eared tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large-eared tenrec (Geogale aurita) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Large-eared tenrec is from the family Tenrecidae (genus: Geogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.1 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Large-eared tenrecs can have babies 2 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 large-eared tenrec (Geogale aurita) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Geogale, and the only member of the subfamily Geogalinae. It is endemic to Madagascar where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss, but to a lesser extent than was previously thought and is listed by the IUCN as being of “Least Concern”.Geogale is thought to have split from the ancestors of its sister clade, the subfamily Oryzorictinae, about 30 million years ago.
Animals of the same family as a Large-eared tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Least shrew tenrec with a weight of 3 grams
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with a weight of 277 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 4 grams
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 8 grams
- Taiva shrew tenrec with a weight of 12 grams
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec with a weight of 18 grams
- Pale shrew tenrec with a weight of 7 grams
- Dryad shrew tenrec with a weight of 40 grams
- Gracile shrew tenrec with a weight of 23 grams
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Large-eared tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Geogale aurita:
- White-winged serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- New Guinea long-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Southern forest bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Montane myotis bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Underwood’s long-tongued bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Tricolored bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Eastern small-footed myotis bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Dark long-tongued bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Eurasian harvest mouse bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Greater tube-nosed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Large-eared tenrec
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large-eared tenrec:
- European free-tailed bat with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Silky mouse with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- African pygmy squirrel with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater forest shrew with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Silky pocket mouse with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bicolored musk shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Desert long-eared bat with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eastern harvest mouse with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large-eared tenrec
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Large-eared tenrec: