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How old does a Pallas’s long-tongued bat get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Pallas’s long-tongued bat reaches?

An adult Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) usually gets as old as 10 years.

Pallas’s long-tongued bats are around 108 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 180 kg (396.83 lbs) and measure 4.8 cm (0′ 2″). As a member of the Phyllostomidae family (genus: Glossophaga), a Pallas’s long-tongued bat caries out around 1 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 2 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 4.8 cm (0′ 2″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Pallas's long-tongued bat gets as old as 10 years

Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar.

Animals of the same family as a Pallas’s long-tongued bat

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Phyllostomidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Pallas’s long-tongued bat

With an average age of 10 years, Pallas’s long-tongued bat are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Pallas’s long-tongued bat

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Pallas’s long-tongued bat

A fully grown Pallas’s long-tongued bat reaches around 9 grams (0.02 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Pallas’s long-tongued bat

Those animals grow as big as a Pallas’s long-tongued bat: