It is hard to guess what a Shield-faced roundleaf bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Shield-faced roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lylei) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Shield-faced roundleaf bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Hipposideros). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 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 shield-faced roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lylei) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Shield-faced roundleaf bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Sundevall’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Smaller horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Lesser great leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 33 grams
- Large Asian roundleaf bat with a weight of 31 grams
- Indian roundleaf bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Big-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Spurred roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Rufous trident bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 10 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Shield-faced roundleaf bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hipposideros lylei:
- Oyapock’s fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Brock’s yellow-eared bat bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Olrog’s chaco mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Variable grass mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Mount Apo forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon dog-faced bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Southern vole bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys alfaroi bringing 33 grams to the scale