It is hard to guess what a Long-tongued fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) on average weights 21 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Long-tongued fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Macroglossus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.8 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Long-tongued fruit 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 long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) is a species of megabat. It is nectarivorous, feeding on nectar from primarily banana flowers. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia.
Animals of the same family as a Long-tongued fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 218 grams
- Western naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 226 grams
- Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Sulawesi rousette with a weight of 63 grams
- Indian flying fox with a weight of 822 grams
- Swift fruit bat with a weight of 66 grams
- Solomons flying fox with a weight of 661 grams
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 465 grams
- Panniet naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 239 grams
- White-winged flying fox with a weight of 343 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Long-tongued fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macroglossus sobrinus:
- Gerbil mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- European pine vole bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Taiwan field mouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Blackish grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Sumichrast’s harvest mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Peromyscus maniculatus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- White-footed mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Greater long-nosed bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Long-tongued fruit bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Long-tongued fruit bat: