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Ghost-faced bat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Ghost-faced bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) reaches an average size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 16 grams (0.04 lbs). On average, Ghost-faced bats have offspring about 1 times per year. The Ghost-faced bat (genus: Mormoops) is a member of the family Mormoopidae.

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 Ghost-faced bat is  (0' 3

The ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is a bat in the genus Mormoops. It occurs in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Texas in the United States. Mormoops megalophylla is one of only two extant species within its genus, the other being the much smaller Mormoops blainvillii. These mammals are nocturnal and hunt using echolocation.It gets its name from the unusual appearance of its face, which is due to the flaps of skin that hang from it, its poorly developed nose, and “large, round ears that join across their forehead”.

Animals of the same family as a Ghost-faced bat

We found other animals of the Mormoopidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Ghost-faced bat

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

Animals with the same weight as a Ghost-faced bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mormoops megalophylla: