It is hard to guess what a Hairy yellow-shouldered bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira erythromos) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Hairy yellow-shouldered bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Sturnira). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.9 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.
The hairy yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira erythromos) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae native to South America. There are no recognised subspecies.
Animals of the same family as a Hairy yellow-shouldered bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Common vampire bat with a weight of 33 grams
- California leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Miller’s long-tongued bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Chestnut short-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Tonatia carrikeri with a weight of 22 grams
- Eldorado broad-nosed bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Long-legged bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Fringed fruit-eating bat with a weight of 63 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy yellow-shouldered bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sturnira erythromos:
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Tickell’s bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Neacomys guianae bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Peale’s free-tailed bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Nyika climbing mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Pond bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Slender-tailed dunnart bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Delicate slender opossum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Pleasant gerbil bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale