It is hard to guess what a Welwitsch’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Welwitsch’s bat (Myotis welwitschii) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Welwitsch’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.2 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Welwitsch’s bat also known as Welwitsch’s mouse-eared bat or Welwitsch’s myotis (Myotis welwitschii) is a species of vesper bat native to Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Welwitsch’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Northern yellow bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Eastern false pipistrelle with a weight of 22 grams
- Fly River trumpet-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Brown pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Brandt’s bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Spurrell’s woolly bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Great evening bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Botta’s serotine with a weight of 15 grams
- Tiny yellow bat with a weight of 3 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Welwitsch’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis welwitschii:
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- African smoky mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Velvety fruit-eating bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Eligmodontia typus bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Bogotá grass mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Long-clawed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- New Guinean jumping mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Jamaican flower bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Taiva shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Golden bat bringing 12 grams to the scale