It is hard to guess what a Big bonneted bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Big bonneted bat (Eumops dabbenei) on average weights 83 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Big bonneted bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Eumops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.7 meter (8′ 11″).
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 big bonneted bat, or Dabbene’s mastiff bat (Eumops dabbenei) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, native to South America. It is named for a former conservator at the Buenos Aires National Museum.
Animals of the same family as a Big bonneted bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Medje free-tailed bat with a weight of 42 grams
- Underwood’s bonneted bat with a weight of 58 grams
- New Guinea free-tailed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Aztec mastiff bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Southern dog-faced bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Big free-tailed bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Western mastiff bat with a weight of 50 grams
- Little free-tailed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Big crested mastiff bat with a weight of 29 grams
- Egyptian free-tailed bat with a weight of 17 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Big bonneted bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eumops dabbenei:
- Peterson’s chinchilla mouse bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Golden Oldfield mouse bringing 88 grams to the scale
- Ansell’s mole-rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Greater nectar bat bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s rousette bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Tiny tuco-tuco bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Atherton antechinus bringing 76 grams to the scale
- Cauca climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale