It is hard to guess what a Canyon bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Canyon bat (Pipistrellus hesperus) on average weights 3 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Canyon bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Pipistrellus). They can live for up to 6 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.18 meter (40′ 0″). On average, Canyon bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also known as the western pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Mexico and in the western United States. The species has historically been placed in the genus Pipistrellus, but molecular evidence does not show any close relationship with that genus, and accordingly it was classified into its own genus, Parastrellus, in 2006.
Animals of the same family as a Canyon bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Curacao myotis with a weight of 3 grams
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Chinese pipistrelle with a weight of 5 grams
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- White-winged serotine with a weight of 5 grams
- Seminole bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Burmese whiskered bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Broad-headed pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Canyon bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pipistrellus hesperus:
- Bahaman funnel-eared bat bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Thumbless bat bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Johnston’s forest shrew bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Tiny yellow bat bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Pygmy shrew tenrec bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Frosted sac-winged bat bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Banana pipistrelle bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Volcano shrew bringing 3 grams to the scale
- Banana pipistrelle bringing 3 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Canyon bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Canyon bat:
- Red-faced spider monkey
- Pygmy killer whale
- Forest giant squirrel
- Sugar glider
- Common minke whale
- Fea’s muntjac
- Toque macaque
- Tiny pipistrelle
- Hirola
- American bison
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Canyon bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Canyon bat:
- Crest-tailed mulgara with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Stoat with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
- Kowari with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Spinifex hopping mouse with an average maximal age of 5.17 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Central African oyan with an average maximal age of 5.33 years
- Kowari with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Otter civet with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Sundevall’s jird with an average maximal age of 5.58 years
- Saharan striped polecat with an average maximal age of 5 years