Did you know the biggest bats in the world are bigger than buzzards? Stuart Blackman takes a look at the contenders <\/p>
This title of biggest bat i<\/a>n the world goes to one of the fruit bats of the genus Pteropus<\/em>, several of which can weigh in at 1.6kg and boast a 1.7m wingspan (bigger and heavier than a buzzard). But which one is the biggest bat? <\/p> Precise measurements are elusive but the giant golden-crowned flying fox, also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, an endangered species endemic to the Philippines<\/a>, is thought to have a longer wingspan than its rivals based on the length of the wing-bones. <\/p> However, being slightly heavier, the great flying fox of New Guinea and the Indian flying fox – both weighing up to 1.6\u00a0kg – are also in with a shout.<\/p> All are considerably bigger than the smallest bat in the world, the Kitti\u2019s hog-nosed bat from Thailand<\/a> and Myanmar, which is about 29-33 mm long and weighs a tiny 2g.<\/p> The Kitti\u2019s hog-nosed bat is also one of the smallest mammals in the world<\/a>.<\/p> Did you know that as well as birds, bats and insects, the world is full of other flying animals<\/a>? <\/p> Did you know the biggest bats in the world are bigger than buzzards? Stuart Blackman takes a look at the contenders <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33803,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world.png",956,872,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world-300x274.png",300,274,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world-768x701.png",768,701,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world.png",800,730,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world.png",956,872,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/11\/whats-the-biggest-bat-in-the-world.png",956,872,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Did you know the biggest bats in the world are bigger than buzzards? Stuart Blackman takes a look at the contenders","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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