It is hard to guess what a Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira bogotensis) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Sturnira). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.9 cm (0′ 4″).
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 Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira bogotensis) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes from 300 m to above 2000 m, particularly in cloud forest. The species is primarily frugivorous; it may also consume nectar and pollen.
Animals of the same family as a Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Marinkelle’s sword-nosed bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Visored bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Wrinkle-faced bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Great stripe-faced bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Western long-tongued bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Silver fruit-eating bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Godman’s long-tailed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Aratathomas’s yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Insular single leaf bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Niceforo’s big-eared bat with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sturnira bogotensis:
- Southern grasshopper mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Wood mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed pocket mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Percival’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Steppe field mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- African smoky mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Eligmodontia typus bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Meadow jumping mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Blackish grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale