It is hard to guess what a Russet free-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Russet free-tailed bat (Chaerephon russatus) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Russet free-tailed bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Chaerephon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.1 cm (0′ 9″).
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 russet free-tailed bat (Chaerephon russatus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, and Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Russet free-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Wagner’s bonneted bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Bonda mastiff bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Dwarf bonneted bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Micronomus with a weight of 8 grams
- Dwarf dog-faced bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Peters’s wrinkle-lipped bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Brown mastiff bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Big crested mastiff bat with a weight of 29 grams
- Western mastiff bat with a weight of 50 grams
- Sanborn’s bonneted bat with a weight of 15 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Russet free-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaerephon russatus:
- Bates’s shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed dunnart bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Buffy flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Pleasant gerbil bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Spotted-winged fruit bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Broad-toothed tailless bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Malagasy slit-faced bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Lesser hairy-winged bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Wood sprite gracile opossum bringing 18 grams to the scale