It is hard to guess what a Mindanao pygmy fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mindanao pygmy fruit bat (Alionycteris paucidentata) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Mindanao pygmy fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Alionycteris). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 cm (0′ 3″).
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 Mindanao pygmy fruit bat (Alionycteris paucidentata) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Alionycteris. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a high-elevation specialist which is either scarce or overtaken by tourist hotspots. As a result, this species may be seeking new elevated habitats likely in the southern region of the Philippines and along the islands of Sulawesi as well.
Animals of the same family as a Mindanao pygmy fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Spotted-winged fruit bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Egyptian fruit bat with a weight of 132 grams
- Nicobar flying fox with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Greater short-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Vanuatu flying fox with a weight of 396 grams
- Great flying fox bringing 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs) to the scale
- Comoro rousette with a weight of 45 grams
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 33 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mindanao pygmy fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Alionycteris paucidentata:
- Halcyon horseshoe bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Delicate slender opossum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Northern ghost bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Intermediate roundleaf bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Broad-eared bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Japanese shrew mole bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Tomes’s sword-nosed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Aztec mastiff bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mindanao pygmy fruit bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mindanao pygmy fruit bat:
- Jamaican flower bat with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Grant’s golden mole with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tailed tailless bat with a size of 5.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser striped shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-tongued nectar bat with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern red-sided opossum with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern little yellow-eared bat with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- North American least shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Common noctule with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Little yellow-shouldered bat with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)