It is hard to guess what a Dent’s horseshoe bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dent’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus denti) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Dent’s horseshoe bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Rhinolophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.6 cm (0′ 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.
Dent’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus denti) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The bat’s natural habitats are dry savannah country and it roosts in caves and other subterranean habitats.
Animals of the same family as a Dent’s horseshoe bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Peninsular horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Large rufous horseshoe bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Rhinolophus simplex with a weight of 6 grams
- Coelops frithi with a weight of 7 grams
- Temminck’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Darling’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Intermediate roundleaf bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dent’s horseshoe bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinolophus denti:
- Southeastern myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed planigale bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Salenski’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Hairy-legged myotis bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Rhinolophus simplex bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser woolly bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s mustached bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Abo bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Gambian slit-faced bat bringing 7 grams to the scale