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I mean if you include the wings yes but I don't think I've seen a bat bigger then a chihuahua or some of those other freakish mini designer dogs.
Can I get a source to learn more about this? I think bats are super cute and a bigger one would be even better.
Flying foxes or fruit bats are very conspicuous and you can find them in many cities, such as Sydney. Wikipedia surely has a page for them, and if you look in Google Maps some popular roosting sites are marked too. Like the other person said, their wingspan is about 1 metre, but the body wouldn't be larger than a tiny chihuahua's
The video linked below might have info you're looking for. I don't remember watching it so cannot be sure.
Why Are Flying Foxes So Important?
Also see Pteropus - Wikipedia.
Just in case you haven't come across it yet, there's a community for all things bat here: !bats@lemmy.world
This is the biggest bat in Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_flying_fox
Yeah, looks like a normal weight even for a chihuahua is above 1.5 kg (https://dogslim.com/articles/dog-weight-chart.html), with grey-headed flying foxes (the largest Australian bat) weighing typically less than 1 kg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_flying_fox). It's maybe possible their 'leg-span' - excluding wings - could be similar, though? No idea.
We get the the grey headed flying fox, iirc wings are like 1m wide, body is chonky, we def get some large bats