It is hard to guess what a Bini free-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bini free-tailed bat (Myopterus whitleyi) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Bini free-tailed bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Myopterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 36.3 cm (1′ 3″).
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 Bini free-tailed bat (Myopterus whitleyi) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Bini free-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Miller’s mastiff bat with a weight of 98 grams
- Big crested mastiff bat with a weight of 29 grams
- Sanborn’s bonneted bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Peters’s flat-headed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Dwarf dog-faced bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Black mastiff bat with a weight of 33 grams
- Mexican free-tailed bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Peters’s flat-headed bat with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Bini free-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myopterus whitleyi:
- Egyptian slit-faced bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Hairy-faced bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Silvered bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Bechstein’s bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Commissaris’s long-tongued bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Moonshine shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Western harvest mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Jouvenet’s shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Western broad-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale