It is hard to guess what a Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii) on average weights 25 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 cm (0′ 6″). Normally, Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bats can have babies 1 times a year.
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.
Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae found in Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves).
Animals of the same family as a Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Bicolored roundleaf bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Temminck’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Aba roundleaf bat with 1 babies per litter
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Pearson’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Borneo roundleaf bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Coelops frithi with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus hildebrandtii:
- Zenker’s fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Shaggy bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Friendly leaf-eared mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Carpentarian dunnart bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Cape spiny mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Hill’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Koford’s grass mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale