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How many babies does a Lesser sheath-tailed bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Lesser sheath-tailed bats are in a litter?

A Lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 6.87 kg (15.15 lbs) and measure 62.1 cm (2′ 1″). They are a member of the Emballonuridae family (genus: Emballonura). An adult Lesser sheath-tailed bat grows up to a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 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 Lesser sheath-tailed bat is 1

The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including Myanmar and Thailand), Borneo (both Indonesia and Malaysia), and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago (e.g., Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra). It is locally threatened by habitat loss.

Other animals of the family Emballonuridae

Lesser sheath-tailed bat is a member of the Emballonuridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Lesser sheath-tailed bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Lesser sheath-tailed bat

What other animals weight around 5 grams (0.01 lbs)?