It is hard to guess what a Black mastiff bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black mastiff bat (Molossus ater) on average weights 33 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Black mastiff bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Molossus). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.3 cm (0′ 6″). Normally, Black mastiff bats can have babies 1 times a year.
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 mastiff bat (Molossus rufus) is a bat species. It ranges from the northern region of South America (excluding Chile), most of Central America (excluding Belize) and parts of southern Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Black mastiff bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Large-eared free-tailed bat with a weight of 34 grams
- Dwarf bonneted bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Peters’s wrinkle-lipped bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Wagner’s bonneted bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Dwarf dog-faced bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Mato Grosso dog-faced bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Underwood’s bonneted bat with a weight of 58 grams
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Aztec mastiff bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Black mastiff bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Molossus ater:
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped tomb bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Japanese water shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Ecuadorian grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Cyclops roundleaf bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Andean gerbil mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Panama slender opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Large Asian roundleaf bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Northwestern deer mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale