It is hard to guess what a Seychelles fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Seychelles fruit bat (Pteropus seychellensis) on average weights 491 grams (1.08 lbs).
The Seychelles fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Pteropus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.4 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Seychelles 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 Seychelles fruit bat or Seychelles flying fox (Pteropus seychellensis) is a megabat found on the granitic islands of Seychelles, and on the Comoros and Mafia Island. It is a significant component of the ecosystems for the islands, dispersing the seeds of many tree species. Although it is hunted for meat on some islands, it remains abundant. It is particularly common on Silhouette Island.
Animals of the same family as a Seychelles fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Long-tongued fruit bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 78 grams
- Great flying fox bringing 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs) to the scale
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 93 grams
- Long-tongued nectar bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Halmahera blossom bat with a weight of 39 grams
- Horsfield’s fruit bat with a weight of 56 grams
- Hammer-headed bat with a weight of 336 grams
- Madagascan flying fox with a weight of 122 grams
- Dobson’s epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 121 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Seychelles fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pteropus seychellensis:
- Golden bandicoot bringing 425 grams to the scale
- Mauritian flying fox bringing 473 grams to the scale
- Pemba flying fox bringing 541 grams to the scale
- New Guinea waterside rat bringing 526 grams to the scale
- Desert hedgehog bringing 396 grams to the scale
- Red-handed tamarin bringing 541 grams to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum bringing 458 grams to the scale
- Eastern gray squirrel bringing 546 grams to the scale
- Volcano rabbit bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Insular flying fox bringing 560 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Seychelles fruit bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Seychelles fruit bat: