It is hard to guess what a Black bonneted bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black bonneted bat (Eumops auripendulus) on average weights 28 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Black 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 black bonneted bat, also known as Shaw’s mastiff bat, (Eumops auripendulus), is a species of bat from the Americas.
Animals of the same family as a Black bonneted bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Spurrell’s free-tailed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Bonda mastiff bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Broad-eared bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Sinaloan mastiff bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Spotted free-tailed bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Little free-tailed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- White-striped free-tailed bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Wagner’s bonneted bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Russet free-tailed bat with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Black bonneted bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eumops auripendulus:
- Flat-haired mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Taiwan field mouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Nigerian gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Yellow-winged bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Common vampire bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys andinus bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Eastern pygmy possum bringing 27 grams to the scale
- African yellow bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Brush mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale