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How many babies does a Bougainville monkey-faced bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Bougainville monkey-faced bats are in a litter?

A Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 17 grams (0.04 lbs) and measure 19.1 cm (0′ 8″). They are a member of the Pteropodidae family (genus: Pteralopex). An adult Bougainville monkey-faced bat grows up to a size of 26.2 cm (0′ 11″).

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 Bougainville monkey-faced bat is 1

The Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.It inhabits mature forests in upland areas, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Bougouriba Province.

Other animals of the family Pteropodidae

Bougainville monkey-faced bat is a member of the Pteropodidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Bougainville monkey-faced bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Bougainville monkey-faced bat

What other animals weight around 573 grams (1.26 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Bougainville monkey-faced bat

Also reaching around 26.2 cm (0′ 11″) in size do these animals: