How big does a Daubenton’s bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) reaches an average size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 28 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 7 grams (0.02 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Daubenton’s bats have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Daubenton’s bat (genus: Myotis) is a member of the family Vespertilionidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Britain to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas.This bat was first described in 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl, who named it in honour of French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.
Animals of the same family as a Daubenton’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Van Gelder’s bat with 1 babies per litter
- White-bellied lesser house bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Van Gelder’s bat with 1 babies per litter
- De Winton’s long-eared bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Northern bat with 1 babies per litter
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Nathusius’s pipistrelle with 1 babies per litter
- Yellow serotine with a weight of 10 grams
- Gould’s wattled bat with 2 babies per litter
- Western barbastelle with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Daubenton’s bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Daubenton’s bat:
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Eurasian least shrew with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Moupin pika with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.4 cm (0′ 2″)
- White-winged serotine with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Ornate shrew with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Common pipistrelle with a size of 3.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Thomas’s sac-winged bat with a size of 4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Inyo shrew with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Daubenton’s bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Daubenton’s bat:
- Grey seal
- Hershkovitz’s titi
- Western woolly lemur
- Mauritian flying fox
- Bates’s pygmy antelope
- Argali
- African pygmy squirrel
- Guadalupe fur seal
- Squirrel glider
- Little red brocket
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Daubenton’s bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Daubenton’s bat:
- Golden lion tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with an average maximal age of 32 years
- American badger with an average maximal age of 26 years
- Ribbon seal with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Fallow deer with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Mediterranean monk seal with an average maximal age of 23.67 years
- Bonnet macaque with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Stump-tailed macaque with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Monk saki with an average maximal age of 24.58 years
- Subantarctic fur seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
Animals with the same weight as a Daubenton’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis daubentonii:
- Zacatecas shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Toad mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Saharan shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Lesser white-toothed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Chocolate wattled bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lesser gray-brown musk shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale