It is hard to guess what a Egyptian tomb bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus) on average weights 24 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Egyptian tomb bat is from the family Emballonuridae (genus: Taphozous). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 cm (0′ 3″). Normally, Egyptian tomb 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.
The Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is a medium- to large-sized microbat with a mass of approximately 30 g (1.1 oz). It is an aerial insectivore, foraging in open space. Based on individuals captured in Ethiopia, it is thought to feed predominantly on Lepidoptera, but is also known to feed on Isoptera, Coleoptera and Orthoptera.
Animals of the same family as a Egyptian tomb bat
We found other animals of the Emballonuridae family:
- Greater dog-like bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Dark sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Lesser sac-winged bat with a weight of 1 grams
- Long-winged tomb bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Isabelle’s ghost bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Black-bearded tomb bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Trinidad dog-like bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Greater ghost bat with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Egyptian tomb bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Taphozous perforatus:
- Stripe-faced dunnart bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Gracile shrew tenrec bringing 23 grams to the scale
- White-tailed dunnart bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys griseolus bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Santa Cruz mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Akodon albiventer bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Andean vesper mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Serotine bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Egyptian tomb bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Egyptian tomb bat:
- New Holland mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common vampire bat with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Nelson’s pocket mouse with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Woodland dormouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-tongued nectar bat with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Mauritian tomb bat with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)