It is hard to guess what a Leschenault’s rousette weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Leschenault’s rousette (Rousettus leschenaulti) on average weights 84 grams (0.19 lbs).
The Leschenault’s rousette is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Rousettus). It is usually born with about 12 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.7 cm (0′ 7″). On average, Leschenault’s rousettes 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.
Leschenault’s rousette (Rousettus leschenaultii) is a species of fruit bat. The scientific name of the species was first published by Desmarest in 1820.
Animals of the same family as a Leschenault’s rousette
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Ashy-headed flying fox with a weight of 524 grams
- Grey-headed flying fox with a weight of 702 grams
- Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 53 grams
- Panniet naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 239 grams
- Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 68 grams
- Dusky fruit bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Cave nectar bat with a weight of 58 grams
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 85 grams
- Eastern tube-nosed bat with a weight of 48 grams
- Mariana fruit bat with a weight of 458 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Leschenault’s rousette
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rousettus leschenaulti:
- Big bonneted bat bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Plains viscacha rat bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Arctic lemming bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Bunny rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Gray flying fox bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Zygodontomys brunneus bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Sage’s rock rat bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Acacia rat bringing 77 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Leschenault’s rousette
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Leschenault’s rousette: