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How many babies does a White-bellied yellow bat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby White-bellied yellow bats are in a litter?

A White-bellied yellow bat (Scotophilus leucogaster) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 228 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 6 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 1.6 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Scotophilus). An adult White-bellied yellow bat grows up to a size of 23.6 cm (0′ 10″).

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 White-bellied yellow bat is 1

The white-bellied yellow bat (Scotophilus leucogaster) or white-bellied house bat, is a species of vesper bat in the genus Scotophilus, the house bats. It can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. It is found in dry and moist savanna and open woodland. It is a common species with a very wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of “least concern”.

Other animals of the family Vespertilionidae

White-bellied yellow bat is a member of the Vespertilionidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with White-bellied yellow bat

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a White-bellied yellow bat

What other animals weight around 20 grams (0.04 lbs)?