It is hard to guess what a Chinese pipistrelle weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chinese pipistrelle (Hypsugo pulveratus) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Chinese 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 Chinese pipistrelle (Hypsugo pulveratus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Chinese pipistrelle
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Hardwicke’s woolly bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Flute-nosed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- White-bellied lesser house bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Greater tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Light-winged lesser house bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Kenyan wattled bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Serotine bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Hoary bat with a weight of 27 grams
- Greenish yellow bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Allen’s spotted bat with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chinese pipistrelle
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hypsugo pulveratus:
- White-bellied big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Kerivoula hardwickei bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed musk shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Schlieffen’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Saint Lawrence Island shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Golden-tipped bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Light-winged lesser house bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser horseshoe bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Laxmann’s shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Kongana shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale