It is hard to guess what a Bidentate yellow-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa bidens) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Bidentate yellow-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Vampyressa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.51 meter (5′ 0″).
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 bidentate yellow-eared bat (Vampyriscus bidens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is native to South America. Formerly classified in the genus Vampyressa, phylogenetic analyses support its inclusion in Vampyriscus.
Animals of the same family as a Bidentate yellow-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Melissa’s yellow-eared bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Lesser spear-nosed bat with a weight of 41 grams
- Tailed tailless bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Guianan spear-nosed bat with a weight of 134 grams
- White-bellied big-eared bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Greater round-eared bat with a weight of 27 grams
- Ega long-tongued bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Chestnut short-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Tailed tailless bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 18 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bidentate yellow-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Vampyressa bidens:
- Evening bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Dollman’s tree mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Glen’s wattled bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Merida small-eared shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Kellen’s dormouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Wandering small-eared shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Somali shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Dwarf little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Little free-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Honey possum bringing 9 grams to the scale