🦇Hammer-headed bat
망치머리박쥐 또는 해머머리박쥐(Hypsignathus monstrosus)는 큰박쥐과에 속하는 박쥐의 일종이다. 망치머리박쥐속(Hypsignathus)의 유일종이다. 큰입술박쥐로도 알려져 있다. 아프리카의 적도 부근에서 널리 분포한다. 해발 고도 1800m 이하의 강변의 숲과 홍수림, 습지, 야자수 숲에서 발견되는 대형 박쥐이다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.34 kg
- Body length
- 0.27 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Hammer-headed bat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.34 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.33 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.27 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass3.35 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length4.46 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity228 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation125 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 120 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Hammer-headed bat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyPteropodidae
- ›genusHypsignathus
- ›speciesHypsignathus monstrosus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusHypsignathus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- suborderMegachiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusHypsignathus
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