It is hard to guess what a Long-tongued nectar bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Long-tongued nectar bat (Macroglossus minimus) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Long-tongued nectar bat is from the family Pteropodidae (genus: Macroglossus). It is usually born with about 4 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.8 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Long-tongued nectar bats can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The long-tongued nectar bat (Macroglossus minimus), also known as the northern blossom bat, honey nectar bat, least blossom-bat, dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat, and lesser long-tongued fruit bat, is a species of megabat. M. minimus is one of the smallest species in the family Pteropodidae, with an average length of 60–85 mm. It has a reddish-brown colouring with relatively long hair compared to the other species. The hair on the abdomen is a lighter colour, and a dark brown stripe runs bilaterally down the top of the head and back.
Animals of the same family as a Long-tongued nectar bat
We found other animals of the Pteropodidae family:
- Bare-backed rousette with a weight of 92 grams
- Little collared fruit bat with a weight of 44 grams
- New Britain naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 179 grams
- Little red flying fox with a weight of 379 grams
- New Caledonia blossom bat with 1 babies per litter
- Pygmy fruit bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Ratanaworabhan’s fruit bat with a weight of 32 grams
- Salim Ali’s fruit bat with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat with a weight of 301 grams
- Nicobar flying fox with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Long-tongued nectar bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macroglossus minimus:
- Intermediate roundleaf bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Mexican harvest mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Gray short-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Brown mastiff bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Aztec mastiff bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Rufous trident bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Common blossom bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Delicate slender opossum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Desert pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Dobson’s horseshoe bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Long-tongued nectar bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Long-tongued nectar bat:
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pale kangaroo mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Siberian large-toothed shrew with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Grant’s golden mole with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Iberian shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-clawed shrew with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern short-tailed shrew with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Long-tongued nectar bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Long-tongued nectar bat: