It is hard to guess what a Golden-tipped bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Golden-tipped bat (Phoniscus papuensis) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Golden-tipped bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Phoniscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.72 meter (5′ 8″).
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 golden-tipped bat (Kerivoula papuensis) is a species of Microchiropteran in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and in Australia, especially scattered along the eastern part of Australia. The species is considered uncommon, and is listed as endangered in Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Golden-tipped bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Welwitsch’s bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Daubenton’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Little broad-nosed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Greater long-fingered bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Miniopterus macrocneme with a weight of 7 grams
- Tickell’s bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Long-eared myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Least long-fingered bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Eastern long-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Golden-tipped bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phoniscus papuensis:
- Southern forest bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Large-eared tenrec bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Hutton’s tube-nosed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Verapaz shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Lesser white-toothed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- San Cristobal shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Mexican funnel-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Brown pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Allen’s spotted bat bringing 5 grams to the scale