It is hard to guess what a Gould’s long-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gould’s long-eared bat (Nyctophilus gouldi) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Gould’s long-eared bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Nyctophilus). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.3 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Gould’s long-eared bats have 1 babies per litter.
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.
Gould’s long-eared bat (Nyctophilus gouldi) is a microbat found in southern regions of Australia. It occurs in eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria, and in a smaller isolated range in the south-west of Western Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Gould’s long-eared bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Western small-footed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Long-eared myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Arizona myotis with a weight of 8 grams
- Mexican big-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Savi’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Keen’s myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Black-winged little yellow bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Somali serotine with a weight of 3 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Gould’s long-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nyctophilus gouldi:
- Pilliga mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Para dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Alston’s brown mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Little broad-nosed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Pygmy round-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Fulvous harvest mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Glen’s wattled bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Tacarcuna bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Gould’s long-eared bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Gould’s long-eared bat: