It is hard to guess what a Bonda mastiff bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bonda mastiff bat (Molossus currentium) on average weights 17 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Bonda mastiff bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Molossus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Bonda mastiff bat or Thomas’s mastiff bat (Molossus currentium), is a species of mastiff bat from South and Central America. It is named for the town of Bonda, near Santa Marta in Colombia.
Animals of the same family as a Bonda mastiff bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Mongalla free-tailed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Malayan free-tailed bat with a weight of 31 grams
- Aztec mastiff bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Wagner’s bonneted bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Molossops abrasus with a weight of 35 grams
- Peale’s free-tailed bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Midas free-tailed bat with a weight of 45 grams
- Sanborn’s bonneted bat with a weight of 15 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bonda mastiff bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Molossus currentium:
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Ozimops beccarii bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Bonda mastiff bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Savanna path shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Intermediate roundleaf bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Sanborn’s bonneted bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Northern three-striped opossum bringing 19 grams to the scale