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Cape serotine size: How big do they get?

How big does a Cape serotine get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Cape serotine (Eptesicus capensis) reaches an average size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 6 grams (0.01 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 2 grams (0 lbs). A Cape serotine has 1 babies at once. The Cape serotine (genus: Eptesicus) is a member of the family Vespertilionidae.

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 Cape serotine is (0' 4

The Cape serotine (Neoromicia capensis) is a species of vesper bat occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. ‘Serotine’ is from Latin ‘serotinus’ meaning ‘of the evening’.It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Djibouti.

Animals of the same family as a Cape serotine

We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Cape serotine

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Cape serotine

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Cape serotine:

Animals with the same weight as a Cape serotine

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eptesicus capensis: