Categories
Litter Size

How many babies does a Angolan free-tailed bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Angolan free-tailed bats are in a litter?

A Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 2 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 2 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 88 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 8 grams (0.02 lbs) and measure 2.5 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Molossidae family (genus: Mops). An adult Angolan free-tailed bat grows up to a size of 5.1 meter (16′ 9″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Angolan free-tailed bat is 1

The Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna, although it is sometimes found at the edges of woodlands.

Other animals of the family Molossidae

Angolan free-tailed bat is a member of the Molossidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Angolan free-tailed bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Angolan free-tailed bat

What other animals weight around 26 grams (0.06 lbs)?