It is hard to guess what a Southern white-breasted hedgehog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) on average weights 690 grams (1.52 lbs).
The Southern white-breasted hedgehog is from the family Erinaceidae (genus: Erinaceus). It is usually born with about 17 grams (0.04 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.1 cm (0′ 10″). On average, Southern white-breasted hedgehogs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog of Southwestern Asia. It is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European hedgehog, but the former has a white spot on its chest. For a long time these two species were considered to be one. The northern white-breasted hedgehog of Eastern Europe and Russia was formerly recognized as a subspecies of the southern white-breasted hedgehog but newer investigations see both as different species. The southern white-breasted hedgehog and European hedgehog can hybridize.Unlike its European counterpart, the southern white-breasted hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.
Animals of the same family as a Southern white-breasted hedgehog
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Indian hedgehog with a weight of 171 grams
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- North African hedgehog with a weight of 931 grams
- Amur hedgehog with a size of 24.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Short-tailed gymnure with a weight of 60 grams
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 396 grams
- Long-eared hedgehog with a weight of 332 grams
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Desert hedgehog with a weight of 352 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern white-breasted hedgehog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Erinaceus concolor:
- Black squirrel monkey bringing 784 grams to the scale
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 751 grams to the scale
- Epixerus bringing 559 grams to the scale
- Striped polecat bringing 812 grams to the scale
- Solomons flying fox bringing 661 grams to the scale
- Giant tree-rat bringing 584 grams to the scale
- Guianan squirrel monkey bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Superagüi lion tamarin bringing 605 grams to the scale
- California ground squirrel bringing 598 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern white-breasted hedgehog:
- Cape ground squirrel with a size of 24.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- European hedgehog with a size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- Javan mongoose with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Large Luzon forest rat with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- North African hedgehog with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Lowland ringtail possum with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Deppe’s squirrel with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Southern white-breasted hedgehog: