It is hard to guess what a Greater horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Greater horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 30 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.6 cm (0′ 1″). On average, Greater horseshoe bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe and is thus easily distinguished from other species. The species is sedentary, typically travelling up to 30 kilometres (19 mi) between the winter and summer roosts, with the longest recorded movement being 180 km (110 mi). The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 69–83 kHz, have most energy at 81 kHz and have an average duration of 37.4 ms.
Animals of the same family as a Greater horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Little Japanese horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Borneo roundleaf bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Paratriaenops furculus with a weight of 5 grams
- Fawn leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Large Asian roundleaf bat with a weight of 31 grams
- Large rufous horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Wollaston’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Peninsular horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Halcyon horseshoe bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Blasius’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum:
- Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Western false pipistrelle bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Lesser false vampire bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Wood sprite gracile opossum bringing 18 grams to the scale
- House mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Common vole bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Aberdare mole shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Northern red-backed vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Taphozous philippinensis bringing 20 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater horseshoe bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater horseshoe bat:
- Harp seal
- Mona monkey
- Long-finned pilot whale
- Brazilian big-eyed bat
- Mountain zebra
- Bicolored-spined porcupine
- Siamang
- Chacma baboon
- Senegal bushbaby
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater horseshoe bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater horseshoe bat:
- Steller sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Fallow deer with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Little brown bat with an average maximal age of 34 years
- Mantled howler with an average maximal age of 25 years
- California sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Mountain zebra with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Mongoose lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Southern pig-tailed macaque with an average maximal age of 34.25 years
- Pagai Island macaque with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Giant anteater with an average maximal age of 26 years