It is hard to guess what a Halcyon horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Halcyon horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus alcyone) on average weights 18 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Halcyon horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.74 meter (12′ 4″).
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 halcyon horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus alcyone) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, possibly Gabon, and possibly Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Halcyon horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Rüppell’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Greater horseshoe bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Bourret’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Temminck’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Bicolored roundleaf bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Jones’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Yellow-faced horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Spurred roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Halcyon horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus alcyone:
- Krebs’s fat mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Northern red-backed vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Zenker’s fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Greater forest shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Louise’s spiny mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Rock pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Altiplano grass mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Grey-bellied dunnart bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Chestnut dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale