It is hard to guess what a Great bent-winged bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Great bent-winged bat (Miniopterus tristis) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Great bent-winged bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Miniopterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.6 cm (0′ 7″).
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 great bent-winged bat (Miniopterus tristis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae.It can be found in the following countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Animals of the same family as a Great bent-winged bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Hairy-legged myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Greater mouse-eared bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Botta’s serotine with a weight of 15 grams
- Chinese pipistrelle with a weight of 5 grams
- Long-eared myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Serotine bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Allen’s big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Great bent-winged bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Miniopterus tristis:
- Therese’s shrew bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Pallid large-footed myotis bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Bolam’s mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Rufous trident bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Upemba shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Sinaloan pocket mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- European pine vole bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Black-capped fruit bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Acuminate horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat bringing 15 grams to the scale