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

How many baby Lesser bamboo bats are in a litter?

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

Each of those little ones spend around 91 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 19 grams (0.04 lbs) and measure 8.4 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Tylonycteris). An adult Lesser 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 Lesser bamboo bat is 1

The lesser bamboo bat or lesser flat-headed bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) is one of the smallest species of vesper bat, and is native to Southeast Asia.

Other animals of the family Vespertilionidae

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

Animals that share a litter size with Lesser bamboo bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Lesser bamboo bat

What other animals weight around 4 grams (0.01 lbs)?