It is hard to guess what a Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus titthaecheilus) on average weights 59 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Cynopterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.9 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Indonesian short-nosed fruit bats can have babies 2 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 Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus titthaecheilus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, and has three subspecies:C. t. majorC. t. terminusC. t. titthaecheilus
Animals of the same family as a Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Biak naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 200 grams
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 66 grams
- Mauritian flying fox with a weight of 473 grams
- Sulawesi harpy fruit bat with a weight of 116 grams
- Grey-headed flying fox with a weight of 702 grams
- Leschenault’s rousette with a weight of 84 grams
- Guam flying fox with a weight of 153 grams
- Minute fruit bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 85 grams
- Angolan rousette with a weight of 67 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cynopterus titthaecheilus:
- Dusky antechinus bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Van Deusen’s rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Great roundleaf bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys macconnelli bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Norway lemming bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Hylaeamys oniscus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Grayish mouse opossum bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Oreoryzomys bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Temminck’s striped mouse bringing 60 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat: