It is hard to guess what a Samoa flying fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Samoa flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) on average weights 309 grams (0.68 lbs).
The Samoa flying fox is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Pteropus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.4 cm (0′ 4″).
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 Samoa flying fox or Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, and Samoa (where it is known as pe’a and pe’a vao). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Samoa flying fox
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Little collared fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Minor epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Sulawesi harpy fruit bat with a weight of 116 grams
- Gray flying fox with a weight of 90 grams
- Rodrigues flying fox with a weight of 256 grams
- Madagascan fruit bat with a weight of 296 grams
- Ornate flying fox with a weight of 335 grams
- Gilliard’s flying fox with a weight of 406 grams
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a weight of 30 grams
- Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 43 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Samoa flying fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pteropus samoensis:
- Long-tailed giant rat bringing 349 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel bringing 264 grams to the scale
- Gray slender loris bringing 254 grams to the scale
- Common punaré bringing 298 grams to the scale
- Amazon weasel bringing 268 grams to the scale
- Napo spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat bringing 260 grams to the scale
- Golden-backed tree-rat bringing 294 grams to the scale
- Lyle’s flying fox bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Brown rat bringing 282 grams to the scale