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How many babies does a Silver-haired bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Silver-haired bats are in a litter?

A Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) 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 53 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 4.1 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Lasionycteris). An adult Silver-haired bat grows up to a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″).

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 Silver-haired bat is 1

The silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.

Other animals of the family Vespertilionidae

Silver-haired bat is a member of the Vespertilionidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Silver-haired bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Silver-haired bat

Other animals that usually reach the age of 12 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Silver-haired bat

What other animals weight around 11 grams (0.02 lbs)?