It is hard to guess what a Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus grandis) on average weights 25 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Epomophorus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.2 cm (0′ 7″).
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 lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus grandis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Angola and Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Sunda flying fox with a weight of 466 grams
- Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 68 grams
- Admiralty flying fox with a weight of 305 grams
- East African little collared fruit bat with a weight of 53 grams
- Common blossom bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Mariana fruit bat with a weight of 458 grams
- Pygmy fruit bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 43 grams
- Masked flying fox with a weight of 130 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Epomophorus grandis:
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Woodland dormouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Western heather vole bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Hairy-legged vampire bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Hairy-footed gerbil bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Osgood’s mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Big crested mastiff bat bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Cozumel harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- White-eared pocket mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Beaded wood mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat:
- Texas pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Short-furred dasyure with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Whitehead’s spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tsing-ling pika with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- European water vole with a size of 19.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Steppe pika with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lowland streaked tenrec with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Asian garden dormouse with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)