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Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (Paranyctimene raptor) reaches an average size of 7.7 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 24 grams (0.05 lbs). On average, Lesser tube-nosed fruit bats have offspring about 2 times per year. The Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (genus: Paranyctimene) is a member of the family Pteropodidae.

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.

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The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Animals of the same family as a Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat

We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat

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

Animals with the same weight as a Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paranyctimene raptor: