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How much does a Straw-coloured fruit bat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Straw-coloured fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) on average weights 253 grams (0.56 lbs).

The Straw-coloured fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Eidolon). It is usually born with about 48 grams (0.11 lbs). They can live for up to 21.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.2 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Straw-coloured 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 average adult weight of a Straw-coloured fruit bat is 253 grams (0.56 lbs)

The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common throughout its area ranging from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, across forest and savanna zones of sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to a decreasing population trend. Straw-coloured fruit bats travel in massive colonies of at least 100,000 bats and sometimes massing up to 1 million. From October to end of December every year, in the largest migration of mammals on the planet, up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats congregate in Kasanka National Park, Zambia, roosting in a 2 hectare area of Mushitu forest each day. This migration was only discovered in 1980. Their necks and backs are a yellowish-brown colour, while their undersides are tawny olive or brownish.

Animals of the same family as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

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Animals with the same weight as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eidolon helvum:

Animals with the same size as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Straw-coloured fruit bat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Straw-coloured fruit bat:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Straw-coloured fruit bat

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Straw-coloured fruit bat: