It is hard to guess what a Least horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Least horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pusillus) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Least horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.14 meter (3′ 9″). Usually, Least horseshoe bats have 1 babies per litter.
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 least horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pusillus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Least horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Benito roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Bushveld horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Eloquent horseshoe bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Percival’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Jones’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Schneider’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Coelops frithi with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Least horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus pusillus:
- Least dwarf shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Thailand roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Setzer’s pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Makwassie musk shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Dent’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Indian pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Least horseshoe bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Least horseshoe bat: