It is hard to guess what a Aztec mastiff bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Aztec mastiff bat (Molossus aztecus) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Aztec mastiff bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Molossus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14 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 Aztec mastiff bat (Molossus aztecus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found from Jalisco and Cozumel Island in southern Mexico to Nicaragua (it has been reported from Guatemala but not from El Salvador or Honduras) in a variety of forest habitats at elevations from near sea level to 1300 m. It has also been reported from southern Venezuela. The species’ diet is insectivorous.
Animals of the same family as a Aztec mastiff bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Dwarf bonneted bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Micronomus with a weight of 8 grams
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Bonda mastiff bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Dwarf free-tailed bat with 1 babies per litter
- São Tomé free-tailed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Russet free-tailed bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Dwarf dog-faced bat with a weight of 5 grams
- White-bellied free-tailed bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Bini free-tailed bat with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Aztec mastiff bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Molossus aztecus:
- Thomas’s small-eared shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Kilimanjaro shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Mediterranean water shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Long-tongued nectar bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Ussuri shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Spotted-winged fruit bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Neacomys guianae bringing 15 grams to the scale