It is hard to guess what a Bechstein’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteini) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Bechstein’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). They can live for up to 21 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Bechstein’s bats can have babies 1 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.
Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii) is a species of vesper bat found in Europe and western Asia, living in extensive areas of woodland.
Animals of the same family as a Bechstein’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Java pipistrelle with a weight of 4 grams
- Indiana bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Eastern false pipistrelle with a weight of 22 grams
- Hodgson’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Flores woolly bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Lesser woolly bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Surat serotine with a weight of 13 grams
- Curacao myotis with a weight of 3 grams
- Cinnamon myotis with a weight of 4 grams
- Little pied bat with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Bechstein’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis bechsteini:
- Arcuate horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Papillose woolly bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- White-bellied lesser house bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Southern ningaui bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Crowned shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tonatia brasiliense bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Triaenops rufus bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Cave myotis bringing 9 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Bechstein’s bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bechstein’s bat:
- White-striped dorcopsis
- Red-necked wallaby
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Agile wallaby
- Highland brush mouse
- Magdalena rat
- Swamp wallaby
- Blue monkey
- Toolache wallaby
- Red deer
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bechstein’s bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bechstein’s bat:
- Plains zebra with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 23.83 years
- Emperor tamarin with an average maximal age of 20.17 years
- Snow leopard with an average maximal age of 18 years
- East Caucasian tur with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Aardwolf with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Black wildebeest with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Waterbuck with an average maximal age of 19.92 years
- Pygmy sperm whale with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Subantarctic fur seal with an average maximal age of 23 years