It is hard to guess what a Arnhem sheath-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous kapalgensis) on average weights 26 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Arnhem sheath-tailed bat is from the family Emballonuridae (genus: Taphozous). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.2 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Arnhem sheath-tailed bat, species Taphozous kapalgensis, is an emballonurid bat found at the Top End of Australia. The species is also referred to as the white-striped sheathtail for the distinguishing marks at the flank, this feature is observable beneath the wing when the animal is in flight. Records of the species are rare.
Animals of the same family as a Arnhem sheath-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Emballonuridae family:
- Egyptian tomb bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Raffray’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 45 grams
- Frosted sac-winged bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Gray sac-winged bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Thomas’s sac-winged bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Shaggy bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Short-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Peters’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Arnhem sheath-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Taphozous kapalgensis:
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Grey dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Barbary striped grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Nigerian gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Lesser long-nosed bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Arnhem leaf-nosed bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Florida mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Winter white dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale