It is hard to guess what a Intermediate horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Intermediate horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.74 meter (12′ 4″). Normally, Intermediate horseshoe bats can have babies 2 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.
The intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) is a bat species of the family Rhinolophidae that is very widespread throughout much of the Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia.It is listed by IUCN as Least Concern as it is considered common where it occurs, without any known major threats.
Animals of the same family as a Intermediate horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Rufous horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Dent’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Big-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Rufous trident bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat with a weight of 40 grams
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Arcuate horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Intermediate horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus affinis:
- Dark kangaroo mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mexican free-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Chestnut short-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Hairy big-eared bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Andean small-eared shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Eptesicus demissus bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Taiga shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale