It is hard to guess what a Daubenton’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Daubenton’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). They can live for up to 28 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.4 cm (0′ 2″). On average, Daubenton’s 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.
Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Britain to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas.This bat was first described in 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl, who named it in honour of French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.
Animals of the same family as a Daubenton’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Painted bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Western false pipistrelle with a weight of 23 grams
- Savi’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Diminutive serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Lesser hairy-winged bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Allen’s spotted bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Hairy-faced bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Evening bat with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Daubenton’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis daubentonii:
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Moloney’s mimic bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Daubenton’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Lesser woolly bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Godman’s long-tailed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Western long-tongued bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Ozimops loriae bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Pale shrew tenrec bringing 7 grams to the scale
- East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Daubenton’s bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Daubenton’s bat:
- Woermann’s bat with a size of 4 cm (0′ 2″)
- Southeastern shrew with a size of 5.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- White-winged serotine with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Dwarf shrew with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Least shrew tenrec with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eurasian least shrew with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Orange leaf-nosed bat with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Egyptian slit-faced bat with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser horseshoe bat with a size of 3.8 cm (0′ 2″)
- Grey long-eared bat with a size of 4.1 cm (0′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Daubenton’s bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Daubenton’s bat:
- Bates’s pygmy antelope
- Gilbert’s potoroo
- Gray brocket
- Spix’s night monkey
- Red-bellied lemur
- Japanese macaque
- Tana River red colobus
- Indiana bat
- White-bellied yellow bat
- Smoky flying squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Daubenton’s bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Daubenton’s bat:
- Leopard seal with an average maximal age of 26 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Indian flying fox with an average maximal age of 31.33 years
- Bearded seal with an average maximal age of 31.42 years
- Guanaco with an average maximal age of 28.25 years
- Guadalupe fur seal with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Greater kudu with an average maximal age of 23 years
- American black bear with an average maximal age of 32 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Binturong with an average maximal age of 22.67 years