It is hard to guess what a Giant roundleaf bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Giant roundleaf bat (Hipposideros gigas) on average weights 115 grams (0.25 lbs).
The Giant roundleaf bat is from the family Hipposideridae (genus: Hipposideros). It is usually born with about 28 grams (0.06 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.8 cm (1′ 4″). Usually, Giant roundleaf bats have 1 babies per litter.
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 giant roundleaf bat (Macronycteris gigas) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in western tropical Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves. The species was formerly considered part of M. commersoni, which is now viewed as being restricted to Madagascar. Both commersoni and it were formerly placed in the genus Hipposideros, but moved to the resurrected Macronycteris in 2017 on the basis of molecular evidence. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Giant roundleaf bat
We found other animals of the Hipposideridae family:
- Arnhem leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 25 grams
- East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Triaenops rufus with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Giant roundleaf bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hipposideros gigas:
- Greater Egyptian jerboa bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Santander dwarf squirrel bringing 99 grams to the scale
- Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Commerson’s roundleaf bat bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Sado mole bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Voalavoanala bringing 97 grams to the scale
- Bocage’s mole-rat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Bare-backed rousette bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Peters’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 95 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Giant roundleaf bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Giant roundleaf bat: