It is hard to guess what a Black-capped fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black-capped fruit bat (Chironax melanocephalus) on average weights 17 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Black-capped fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Chironax). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.3 cm (0′ 3″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The black-capped fruit bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species of megabat in the monotypic genus Chironax.
Animals of the same family as a Black-capped fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Sulawesi flying fox with a weight of 383 grams
- Greater musky fruit bat with a weight of 79 grams
- Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 48 grams
- Long-tailed fruit bat with a weight of 68 grams
- Western naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 226 grams
- Gilliard’s flying fox with a weight of 406 grams
- Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Minor epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Philippine dawn bat with a weight of 78 grams
- Long-haired rousette with a weight of 104 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Black-capped fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chironax melanocephalus:
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Rock pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Ural field mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Sanborn’s bonneted bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- New Guinean planigale bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Ghost-faced bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Altiplano grass mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Chestnut dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Northern freetail bat bringing 20 grams to the scale