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How much does a Halcyon horseshoe bat weight?

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 average adult weight of a Halcyon horseshoe bat is 18 grams (0.04 lbs)

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:

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: