How big does a Shrew gymnure get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Shrew gymnure (Neotetracus sinensis) reaches an average size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Talking about reproduction, Shrew gymnures have 4 babies about 2 times per year. The Shrew gymnure (genus: Neotetracus) is a member of the family Erinaceidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The shrew gymnure, or shrew hedgehog (Neotetracus sinensis), is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae and is the only species in the genus Neotetracus. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Shrew gymnure
We found other animals of the Erinaceidae family:
- Desert hedgehog with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Hugh’s hedgehog with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- North African hedgehog with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Amur hedgehog with a size of 24.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Somali hedgehog with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Shrew gymnure
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Shrew gymnure:
- Bishop’s slender opossum with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Low’s squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- California red tree mouse with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Greater short-nosed fruit bat with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gray-bellied caenolestid with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Zempoaltepec with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hispid pocket mouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Least forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Patagonian opossum with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Shrew gymnure
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Shrew gymnure: