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Dayak fruit bat size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Dayak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) reaches an average size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 81 grams (0.18 lbs). The Dayak fruit bat (genus: Dyacopterus) 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 Dayak fruit bat is  (0' 6

The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. There are three species in the genus Dyacopterus: D. spadiceus, D. brooksi and D. rickarti. All are found in the forests of Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Few specimens of any of the three species exist, due not only to their rarity, but also because they rarely enter the subcanopy of the forest where they can be caught in scientists’ nets.

Animals of the same family as a Dayak fruit bat

We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Dayak fruit bat

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

Animals with the same weight as a Dayak fruit bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dyacopterus spadiceus: