It is hard to guess what a Web-footed tenrec weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Web-footed tenrec (Limnogale mergulus) on average weights 77 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Web-footed tenrec is from the family Tenrecidae (genus: Limnogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Web-footed tenrecs can have babies 1 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 web-footed tenrec, otter shrew, or aquatic tenrec (Microgale mergulus) is the only known semiaquatic tenrec (the related African otter shrews have similar habits), and is found in eastern Madagascar, especially in and around Ranomafana National Park. It grows to between 25 and 39 cm, and was once thought to be extinct. It feeds on crabs, water insects, and crayfish. It weighs between 40 and 60 grams, and the population is considered vulnerable. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Limnogale, but has been moved to Microgale based on molecular data showing it to be deeply nested within the latter.
Animals of the same family as a Web-footed tenrec
We found other animals of the Tenrecidae family:
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 9 grams
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 45 grams
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 10 grams
- Four-toed rice tenrec with a weight of 35 grams
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec with a weight of 37 grams
- Pale shrew tenrec with a weight of 7 grams
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec with a weight of 8 grams
- Large-eared tenrec with a weight of 6 grams
- Pygmy shrew tenrec with a weight of 3 grams
- Ruwenzori otter shrew with a weight of 112 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Web-footed tenrec
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Limnogale mergulus:
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Greater spear-nosed bat bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Western chestnut mouse bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Northern red-sided opossum bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Southern climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Montane Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Cape York melomys bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Greater nectar bat bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby bringing 66 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Web-footed tenrec
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Web-footed tenrec:
- Luzon striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gilliard’s flying fox with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Plains viscacha rat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cave nectar bat with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Lesser hamster-rat with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Feather-tailed possum with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Biak glider with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Low’s squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Web-footed tenrec
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Web-footed tenrec: