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Red fruit bat size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Red fruit bat (Stenoderma rufum) reaches an average size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 21 grams (0.05 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 7 grams (0.02 lbs). A Red fruit bat has 1 babies at once. The Red fruit bat (genus: Stenoderma) is a member of the family Phyllostomidae.

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 red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, in the monotypic genus Stenoderma. It is found in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Animals of the same family as a Red fruit bat

We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Red fruit bat

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Red fruit bat

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

Animals with the same weight as a Red fruit bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Stenoderma rufum: