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How many babies does a Peters’s flat-headed bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Peters’s flat-headed bats are in a litter?

A Peters’s flat-headed bat (Platymops setiger) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 4 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Molossidae family (genus: Platymops). An adult Peters’s flat-headed bat grows up to a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″).

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 Peters's flat-headed bat is 1

Peters’s flat-headed bat (Platymops setiger) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae and the monotypic genus Platymops. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.

Other animals of the family Molossidae

Peters’s flat-headed bat is a member of the Molossidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Peters’s flat-headed bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once: