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How many babies does a Insular single leaf bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Insular single leaf bats are in a litter?

A Insular single leaf bat (Monophyllus plethodon) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 80 kg (176.37 lbs) and measure 2.5 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Phyllostomidae family (genus: Monophyllus). An adult Insular single leaf 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 Insular single leaf bat is 1

The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat (Monophyllus plethodon) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Puerto Rican long-nosed bat, Monophyllus plethodon prater, is an extinct subspecies of insular single leaf bat from Puerto Rico.

Other animals of the family Phyllostomidae

Insular single leaf bat is a member of the Phyllostomidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Insular single leaf bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Insular single leaf bat

What other animals weight around 15 grams (0.03 lbs)?