It is hard to guess what a Broad-headed pipistrelle weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Broad-headed pipistrelle (Hypsugo crassulus) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Broad-headed pipistrelle is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Hypsugo). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.1 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 broad-headed pipistrelle (Parahypsugo crassulus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, liberia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Animals of the same family as a Broad-headed pipistrelle
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Tacarcuna bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Yellow serotine with a weight of 10 grams
- Heller’s pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Damara woolly bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Big-eared brown bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Northern cave bat with 1 babies per litter
- Greater Papuan pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Bobrinski’s serotine with a weight of 7 grams
- Ridley’s bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Gould’s long-eared bat with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Broad-headed pipistrelle
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hypsugo crassulus:
- Dark long-tongued bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser dog-like bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Ludia’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Myotis bocagei bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed planigale bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Bobrinski’s serotine bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Sind bat bringing 7 grams to the scale