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How many babies does a Greater bamboo bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Greater bamboo bats are in a litter?

A Greater bamboo bat (Tylonycteris robustula) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 2 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 91 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 8.4 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Tylonycteris). An adult Greater bamboo bat grows up to a size of 2.83 meter (9′ 4″).

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 Greater bamboo bat is 2

The greater bamboo bat (Tylonycteris robustula) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.It has two subspecies:Tylonycteris robustula malayanaTylonycteris robustula robustula

Other animals of the family Vespertilionidae

Greater bamboo bat is a member of the Vespertilionidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Greater bamboo bat

Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Greater bamboo bat

What other animals weight around 7 grams (0.02 lbs)?