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Straw-coloured fruit bat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Straw-coloured fruit bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) reaches an average size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 21.75 years, they grow from 48 grams (0.11 lbs) to 253 grams (0.56 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Straw-coloured fruit bats have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Straw-coloured fruit bat (genus: Eidolon) is a member of the family Pteropodidae.

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 average adult size of a Straw-coloured fruit bat is (0' 8

The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common throughout its area ranging from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, across forest and savanna zones of sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to a decreasing population trend. Straw-coloured fruit bats travel in massive colonies of at least 100,000 bats and sometimes massing up to 1 million. From October to end of December every year, in the largest migration of mammals on the planet, up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats congregate in Kasanka National Park, Zambia, roosting in a 2 hectare area of Mushitu forest each day. This migration was only discovered in 1980. Their necks and backs are a yellowish-brown colour, while their undersides are tawny olive or brownish.

Animals of the same family as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Straw-coloured fruit bat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Straw-coloured fruit bat:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Straw-coloured fruit bat:

Animals with the same weight as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eidolon helvum: