It is hard to guess what a Little golden-mantled flying fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus) on average weights 184 grams (0.41 lbs).
The Little golden-mantled flying fox is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Pteropus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 27.2 cm (0′ 11″). Normally, Little golden-mantled flying foxs 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 little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss, as well as pollution.
Animals of the same family as a Little golden-mantled flying fox
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 30 grams
- Lyle’s flying fox with a weight of 319 grams
- Swift fruit bat with a weight of 66 grams
- Moss-forest blossom bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Lesser naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 85 grams
- Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 218 grams
- Leschenault’s rousette with a weight of 84 grams
- Andersen’s naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 233 grams
- Insular flying fox with a weight of 560 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Little golden-mantled flying fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pteropus pumilus:
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Large mosaic-tailed rat bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Porteous’s tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat bringing 178 grams to the scale
- Peleng tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Four-striped ground squirrel bringing 180 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed weasel bringing 191 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed antsangy bringing 219 grams to the scale
- Large vlei rat bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Bolaños woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale