It is hard to guess what a Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori) on average weights 68 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Nyctimene). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.9 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Philippine tube-nosed fruit bats can have babies 1 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.
The Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori) locally known in Tagalog as Bayakan is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and known from the islands of Cebu, Negros and Sibuyan. It occurs in and near primary and secondary forests. It is often found near water. It is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation. The species is named for Dioscoro S. Rabor who, with several others, first collected the species.
Animals of the same family as a Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Lesser musky fruit bat with a weight of 47 grams
- Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 301 grams
- Little collared fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Lesser naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 85 grams
- Montane monkey-faced bat with a weight of 290 grams
- Sulawesi flying fox with a weight of 383 grams
- Common tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 29 grams
- Pteropus brunneus with a weight of 200 grams
- Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 21 grams
- White-collared fruit bat with a weight of 18 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nyctimene rabori:
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Indian desert jird bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Dark-tailed tree rat bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Acacia rat bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys levipes bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi rousette bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Aegialomys galapagoensis bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Vampyriscus nymphaea bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Maritime striped squirrel bringing 66 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat: