It is hard to guess what a Nyctophilus arnhemensis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nyctophilus arnhemensis (Nyctophilus arnhemensis) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Nyctophilus arnhemensis is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Nyctophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.3 cm (0′ 4″).
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.
Nyctophilus arnhemensis, known as the northern or arnhem long-eared bat, is a species of Chiroptera (bats) native to northern regions of Australia. The distribution range is from north-western Queensland to northern Western Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Nyctophilus arnhemensis
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- White-bellied yellow bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Van Gelder’s bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Horsfield’s bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Greater tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Cave myotis with a weight of 9 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Burmese whiskered bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Small bent-winged bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Long-eared myotis with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nyctophilus arnhemensis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nyctophilus arnhemensis:
- Kongana shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Malagasy mouse-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Tiny fat mouse bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Godman’s long-tailed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Indiana bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Miniopterus macrocneme bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Savi’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Honduran white bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Smoky shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale