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How many babies does a Cantor’s roundleaf bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Cantor’s roundleaf bats are in a litter?

A Cantor’s roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 2 grams (0 lbs) and measure 1.5 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Rhinolophidae family (genus: Hipposideros). An adult Cantor’s roundleaf bat grows up to a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″).

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 Cantor's roundleaf bat is 1

Cantor’s roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.It is named after Theodore Edward Cantor, a 19th-century Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.

Other animals of the family Rhinolophidae

Cantor’s roundleaf bat is a member of the Rhinolophidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Cantor’s roundleaf bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Cantor’s roundleaf bat

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