It is hard to guess what a Short-tailed gymnure weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys suillus) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Short-tailed gymnure is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Hylomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.2 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Short-tailed gymnures can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys suillus) is a small mammal from the family of the Erinaceidae. The scientific name of the species is first published by Salomon Müller in 1840.
Animals of the same family as a Short-tailed gymnure
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Indian hedgehog with a weight of 171 grams
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a weight of 213 grams
- European hedgehog with a weight of 789 grams
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a weight of 213 grams
- Hainan gymnure with a weight of 58 grams
- Dinagat gymnure with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Somali hedgehog with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 396 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Short-tailed gymnure
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylomys suillus:
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Ord’s kangaroo rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Gansu pika bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys nitidus bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Aegialomys galapagoensis bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Mongolian gerbil bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys keaysi bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi rousette bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Alston’s cotton rat bringing 55 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Short-tailed gymnure
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Short-tailed gymnure:
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Heath mouse with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Goliath shrew with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- African wading rat with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Banks flying fox with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Prairie vole with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-footed water rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mountain pygmy possum with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Plains viscacha rat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Short-tailed gymnure
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Short-tailed gymnure: