It is hard to guess what a Schultz’s round-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Schultz’s round-eared bat (Lophostoma schulzi) on average weights 18 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Schultz’s round-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Lophostoma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 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.
Schultz’s round-eared bat (Lophostoma schulzi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Schultz’s round-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Vampyriscus nymphaea with a weight of 69 grams
- Tonatia brasiliense with a weight of 9 grams
- Guianan spear-nosed bat with a weight of 134 grams
- Tilda’s yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Greater spear-nosed bat with a weight of 91 grams
- Western long-tongued bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Dark long-tongued bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Ega long-tongued bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Handley’s tailless bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Fringed fruit-eating bat with a weight of 63 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Schultz’s round-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophostoma schulzi:
- White-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Brown mastiff bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Welwitsch’s bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Marinkelle’s sword-nosed bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Northern freetail bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Mindanao pygmy fruit bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Bank vole bringing 20 grams to the scale