It is hard to guess what a Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ridleyi) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Hipposideros). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″). Normally, Ridley’s leaf-nosed bats can have babies 2 times a year.
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.
Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat, Ridley’s roundleaf bat, or Singapore roundleaf horseshoe bat (Hipposideros ridleyi) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Great roundleaf bat with a weight of 50 grams
- Greater horseshoe bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Blyth’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Croslet horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Temminck’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Dent’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Large-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Swinny’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hipposideros ridleyi:
- Chestnut sac-winged bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Gray long-tongued bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Kellen’s dormouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Smaller horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Hildegarde’s shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Moloney’s mimic bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lander’s horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Pygmy round-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s big-eared bat bringing 10 grams to the scale