How big does a Lesser horseshoe bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) reaches an average size of 3.8 cm (0′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 21 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 4 grams (0.01 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Lesser horseshoe bats have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Lesser horseshoe bat (genus: Rhinolophus) is a member of the family Rhinolophidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) is a type of small European insectivorous bat, related to its larger cousin, the greater horseshoe bat. As with all horseshoe bats, the species gets its name from its distinctive horseshoe-shaped noseleaf.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Arcuate horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat with 1 babies per litter
- Philippine forest roundleaf bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Large Asian roundleaf bat with a weight of 31 grams
- Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat with 1 babies per litter
- Telefomin roundleaf bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Pomona roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Acuminate horseshoe bat with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Lesser horseshoe bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser horseshoe bat:
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Rufous trident bat with a size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Thomas’s sac-winged bat with a size of 4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Wagner’s mustached bat with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Cursor grass mouse with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″)
- White-winged serotine with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Mexican free-tailed bat with a size of 4.1 cm (0′ 2″)
- Proboscis bat with a size of 4.2 cm (0′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser horseshoe bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Lesser horseshoe bat:
- Marsh deer
- Southern forest bat
- South American sea lion
- Patagonian mara
- Blyth’s horseshoe bat
- Ground cuscus
- Moose
- African palm civet
- Temminck’s flying squirrel
- Celebes crested macaque
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Lesser horseshoe bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Lesser horseshoe bat:
- Takin with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Egyptian mongoose with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Wild boar with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Barbary macaque with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Yellow-backed duiker with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Swift fox with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Keen’s myotis with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Venezuelan red howler with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Anoa with an average maximal age of 22.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus hipposideros:
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Proboscis bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Insular horseshoe bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Pygmy shrew tenrec bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Peters’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- North American least shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Least long-fingered bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Riparian myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Pygmy long-eared bat bringing 4 grams to the scale