It is hard to guess what a Mauritian flying fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger) on average weights 473 grams (1.04 lbs).
The Mauritian flying fox is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Pteropus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 27.9 cm (0′ 11″). Usually, Mauritian flying foxs 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 Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger), also known as Greater Mascarene flying fox or Mauritius fruit bat is a large megabat species endemic to Mauritius and La Réunion.
Animals of the same family as a Mauritian flying fox
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Greater nectar bat with a weight of 72 grams
- Lombok flying fox with a weight of 256 grams
- Lyle’s flying fox with a weight of 319 grams
- Long-tongued fruit bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Panniet naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 239 grams
- Pygmy fruit bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 85 grams
- Mindanao pygmy fruit bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Ratanaworabhan’s fruit bat with a weight of 32 grams
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 59 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mauritian flying fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pteropus niger:
- Beecroft’s flying squirrel bringing 479 grams to the scale
- Emperor tamarin bringing 409 grams to the scale
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Musky rat-kangaroo bringing 535 grams to the scale
- Oaxacan pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Epixerus ebii wilsoni bringing 422 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Checkered elephant shrew bringing 424 grams to the scale
- Bougainville naked-tailed rat bringing 397 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Mauritian flying fox
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Mauritian flying fox: