It is hard to guess what a Spurred roundleaf bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spurred roundleaf bat (Hipposideros calcaratus) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Spurred roundleaf bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Hipposideros). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.4 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 spurred roundleaf bat (Hipposideros calcaratus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Animals of the same family as a Spurred roundleaf bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Cape horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Indian roundleaf bat with a weight of 44 grams
- Intermediate horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Large-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Acuminate horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Greater horseshoe bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Schneider’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Commerson’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 92 grams
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Spurred roundleaf bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hipposideros calcaratus:
- Greater bamboo bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Raffray’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Salenski’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Yellow-faced horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Bicolored musk shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Nathusius’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Tiny fat mouse bringing 5 grams to the scale