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SpeciesChiropteraPteropodidae
Mammals

🦇Hammer-headed bat

Hypsignathus monstrosus H.Allen, 1861

錘頭果蝠(学名:Hypsignathus monstrosus),是哺乳綱翼手目狐蝠科錘頭果蝠屬下的單屬種。而與錘頭果蝠屬(錘頭果蝠)同科的動物尚有偏齒果蝠屬、無尾果蝠屬(無尾果蝠)、多尖齒果蝠屬(懷氏多尖齒果蝠)、簡果蝠屬(簡果蝠)等之數種哺乳動物。它广泛分布在非洲赤道地区。这种体形比较大的蝙蝠生活在河流边缘的森林、红树林、沼泽和低于1800米的棕榈林中。

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≈ 1/180th of your weight
Also called
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
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
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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 mass
0.34 kg
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  • 0.33 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
0.27 m
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Brain mass
3.35 g
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Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Generation length
4.46 yearsestimated
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Age at maturity
228 days
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Gestation
125 days
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  • 120 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
1
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  • 1.3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
0.3 Laverage
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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.

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What it eats
fruit90%
warm-blooded animals10%
In other languages
Hammerkopf (de), Morcego-cabeça-de-martelo (pt), Wielkogłów (pl), Hypsignathus monstrosus (fr), Hypsignathus monstrosus (es), kalapácsfejű repülőkutya (hu) … and 19 more languages
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