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How much does a Jones’s roundleaf bat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Jones’s roundleaf bat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Jones’s roundleaf bat (Hipposideros jonesi) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).

The Jones’s roundleaf bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Hipposideros). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″).

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 Jones's roundleaf bat is 5 grams (0.01 lbs)

Jones’s roundleaf bat (Hipposideros jonesi) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to southern West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rocky areas, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves).

Animals of the same family as a Jones’s roundleaf bat

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Animals with the same weight as a Jones’s roundleaf bat

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