It is hard to guess what a Bechstein’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Bechstein’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). They can live for up to 21 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.9 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Bechstein’s bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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.
Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii) is a species of vesper bat found in Europe and western Asia, living in extensive areas of woodland.
Animals of the same family as a Bechstein’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Chinese pipistrelle with a weight of 5 grams
- Mexican big-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Pallid large-footed myotis with a weight of 12 grams
- White-bellied yellow bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Thick-eared bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Diminutive serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Harlequin bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Peters’s trumpet-eared bat with 1 babies per litter
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Hairy-tailed bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bechstein’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis bechsteinii:
- Eastern long-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Northern birch mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Plains pocket mouse bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Silvered bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Orange leaf-nosed bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Hairy-faced bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Black-clawed brush-furred rat bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Bechstein’s bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bechstein’s bat:
- Broom hare
- Puna mouse
- Black giant squirrel
- Kolan vole
- Monk saki
- Dromedary
- Southwestern myotis
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth
- Niceforo’s big-eared bat
- Thumbless bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bechstein’s bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bechstein’s bat:
- Large Indian civet with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Common wallaroo with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Alpine ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Common eland with an average maximal age of 24.33 years
- Brown hyena with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Eld’s deer with an average maximal age of 19.33 years
- Fallow deer with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Red-necked wallaby with an average maximal age of 19 years
- Dama gazelle with an average maximal age of 17.25 years