It is hard to guess what a Smaller horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smaller horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus megaphyllus) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Smaller horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2 cm (0′ 1″). On average, Smaller horseshoe 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 smaller horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus megaphyllus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Smaller horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Bicolored roundleaf bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Maggie Taylor’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Acuminate horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Intermediate horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Insular horseshoe bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Aba roundleaf bat with 1 babies per litter
- Rufous trident bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Trident bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Smaller horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus megaphyllus:
- Nyctophilus corbeni bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Bini free-tailed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Dwarf little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Sundevall’s roundleaf bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Greater ghost bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Arizona pocket mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Yellow serotine bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Smaller horseshoe bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Smaller horseshoe bat: