It is hard to guess what a Carriker’s round-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Carriker’s round-eared bat (Lophostoma carrikeri) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Carriker’s round-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Lophostoma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Normally, Carriker’s round-eared bats can have babies 2 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.
Carriker’s round-eared bat (Lophostoma carrikeri) is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It was discovered by and named for Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr.
Animals of the same family as a Carriker’s round-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Large fruit-eating bat with a weight of 61 grams
- Aztec fruit-eating bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Golden bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Brown fruit-eating bat with a weight of 19 grams
- White-throated round-eared bat with a weight of 32 grams
- Thomas’s fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Micronycteris nicefori with a weight of 8 grams
- Schultz’s round-eared bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Tschudi’s yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Silky short-tailed bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Carriker’s round-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophostoma carrikeri:
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Sumichrast’s harvest mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Northern red-backed vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Krebs’s fat mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- White-tailed dunnart bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Gilbert’s dunnart bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Long-winged tomb bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale