It is hard to guess what a Brandt’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brandt’s bat (Myotis brandtii) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Brandt’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.9 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Brandt’s bat (Myotis brandtii) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia. It is known for its extreme life expectancy relative to its body size, approximately twice that of humans.The Brandt’s bat holds the record for oldest bat recorded; in 2005, a bat was discovered in a cave in Siberia that had been banded in 1964, making the bat at least 41 years old.
Animals of the same family as a Brandt’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Himalayan whiskered bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Bronze tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Surat serotine with a weight of 13 grams
- Red myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Rendall’s serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Savi’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Western broad-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Botta’s serotine with a weight of 15 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brandt’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis brandtii:
- Remy’s pygmy shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Abo bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Dent’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s broad-clawed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Narrow-nosed planigale bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Elegant myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Southern forest bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Dusky leaf-nosed bat bringing 5 grams to the scale