It is hard to guess what a Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Nanonycteris veldkampii) on average weights 21 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Nanonycteris). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.36 meter (4′ 6″).
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.
Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Nanonycteris veldkampii) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Nanonycteris. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 59 grams
- Ratanaworabhan’s fruit bat with a weight of 32 grams
- Pohle’s fruit bat with a weight of 69 grams
- Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat with a weight of 48 grams
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat with a weight of 66 grams
- Greenish naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 236 grams
- Gray flying fox with a weight of 90 grams
- Moluccan flying fox with a weight of 728 grams
- Fijian monkey-faced bat with a weight of 256 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nanonycteris veldkampii:
- Akodon affinis bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- White-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Wood sprite gracile opossum bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Tree bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Savi’s pine vole bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Northern yellow bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Meadow jumping mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Big brown bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Red fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale