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Hairy-legged vampire bat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Hairy-legged vampire bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) reaches an average size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 28 grams (0.06 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 4 grams (0.01 lbs). A Hairy-legged vampire bat has 1 babies at once. The Hairy-legged vampire bat (genus: Diphylla) 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.

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The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. It is the sole member of the genus Diphylla.

Animals of the same family as a Hairy-legged vampire bat

We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Hairy-legged vampire bat

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Hairy-legged vampire bat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Hairy-legged vampire bat:

Animals with the same weight as a Hairy-legged vampire bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Diphylla ecaudata: