It is hard to guess what a Greater bulldog bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) on average weights 45 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Greater bulldog bat is from the family Noctilionidae (genus: Noctilio). It is usually born with about 6 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 5.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.8 cm (0′ 2″). Normally, Greater bulldog bats can have babies 1 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 greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: Murciélago pescador). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it preys, then uses the pouch between its legs to scoop the fish up and its sharp claws to catch and cling to it. It is not to be confused with the lesser bulldog bat, which, though belonging to the same genus, merely catches water insects, such as water striders and water beetles.It emits echolocation sounds through the mouth like Myotis daubentoni, but the sounds are quite different, containing a long constant frequency part around 55 kHz, which is an unusually high frequency for a bat this large.
Animals of the same family as a Greater bulldog bat
We found other animals of the Noctilionidae family:
- Lesser bulldog bat with a weight of 31 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater bulldog bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Noctilio leporinus:
- Cursor grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- White-ankled mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Winkelmann’s mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Panamint kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Greater Wilfred’s mouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Jamaican fruit bat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed mole bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Greater bulldog bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater bulldog bat:
- Indiana bat with a size of 4.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Trident bat with a size of 5.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wagner’s mustached bat with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Johnston’s forest shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Grey long-eared bat with a size of 4.1 cm (0′ 2″)
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Preble’s shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a size of 5.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Fringed myotis with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater bulldog bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater bulldog bat:
- Cuban solenodon with an average maximal age of 6.5 years
- Mountain pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Serotine bat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Uinta ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Cave nectar bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Bank vole with an average maximal age of 4.83 years
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Sundevall’s jird with an average maximal age of 5.58 years
- Spectral bat with an average maximal age of 6.5 years