It is hard to guess what a Cape hairy bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cape hairy bat (Myotis tricolor) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Cape hairy bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.2 cm (0′ 3″). Normally, Cape hairy bats can have babies 1 times a year.
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 Cape hairy bat, also known as little brown bat, Temminck’s mouse-eared bat, Cape myotis, tricoloured mouse-eared bat, Cape hairy myotis, Temminck’s hairy bat and three-coloured bat (Myotis tricolor) is a species of vesper bat that is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Cape hairy bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Hutton’s tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Gray bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Narrow-winged pipistrelle with a weight of 15 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Fringed myotis with a weight of 8 grams
- Western barbastelle with a weight of 8 grams
- Allen’s big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Western broad-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Seminole bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Damara woolly bat with a weight of 10 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Cape hairy bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis tricolor:
- Pleasant gerbil bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Oldfield mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Western pygmy possum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Turbo shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Para dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Sandy inland mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale