How big does a Hoary bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) reaches an average size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 2.08 years, they grow from 5 grams (0.01 lbs) to 27 grams (0.06 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Hoary bats have 2 babies about 1 times per year. The Hoary bat (genus: Lasiurus) 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.
The hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.
Animals of the same family as a Hoary bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Rendall’s serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Szechwan myotis with a weight of 11 grams
- Tiny yellow bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Kelaart’s pipistrelle with 1 babies per litter
- Dark-winged lesser house bat with 1 babies per litter
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 19.75 years
- Asian particolored bat with 2 babies per litter
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Elegant myotis with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same size as a Hoary bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hoary bat:
- Mexican shrew with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Long-tongued nectar bat with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Burt’s deer mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Somali serotine with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Ash-grey mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Silky mouse with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Nicaraguan harvest mouse with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wagner’s gerbil with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hoary bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Hoary bat:
- Crested agouti
- Highland streaked tenrec
- Tolai hare
- Leopard cat
- Canada lynx
- Silvery mole-rat
- Red-handed tamarin
- Bobcat
- Jaguarundi
- Manchurian hare
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Hoary bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Hoary bat:
- North American least shrew with an average maximal age of 1.75 years
- White-eared opossum with an average maximal age of 1.67 years
- Dusky antechinus with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Robinson’s mouse opossum with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Mediterranean water shrew with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Golden mouse with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Laxmann’s shrew with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Slender-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 2 years
- White-footed dunnart with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Eurasian pygmy shrew with an average maximal age of 2 years
Animals with the same weight as a Hoary bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lasiurus cinereus:
- Bibimys torresi bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Stolička’s mountain vole bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Hairy big-eyed bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Asian particolored bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Texas mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Bibimys chacoensis bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Akodon azarae bringing 25 grams to the scale
- North African gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Bolivian vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale