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How many babies does a Rusty pipistrelle have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Rusty pipistrelles are in a litter?

A Rusty pipistrelle (Pipistrellus rusticus) 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 80 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 2 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Pipistrellus). An adult Rusty pipistrelle grows up to a size of 4.4 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 rusty pipistrelle (Pipistrellus rusticus) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna. It is of note as perhaps Africa’s smallest bat, at average weight of 3.5 g (0.12 oz).

Other animals of the family Vespertilionidae

Rusty pipistrelle is a member of the Vespertilionidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Rusty pipistrelle

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Rusty pipistrelle

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