It is hard to guess what a Maclaud’s horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Maclaud’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maclaudi) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Maclaud’s horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2 cm (0′ 1″).
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.
Maclaud’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maclaudi) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to Guinea. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is one of five African microbat species to be listed as endangered by the IUCN. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Maclaud’s horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Rüppell’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Northern leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Dent’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Trefoil horseshoe bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Pomona roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Insular horseshoe bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Bourret’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Lander’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Maclaud’s horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus maclaudi:
- Flute-nosed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Peters’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Painted bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Slender shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Insular horseshoe bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Spix’s disk-winged bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Least dwarf shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Maclaud’s horseshoe bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Maclaud’s horseshoe bat:
- Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat with a size of 1.6 cm (0′ 1″)