It is hard to guess what a Greater mouse-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) on average weights 28 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Greater mouse-tailed bat is from the family Rhinopomatidae (genus: Rhinopoma). It is usually born with about 4 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Greater mouse-tailed bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family.
Animals of the same family as a Greater mouse-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Rhinopomatidae family:
- Small mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater mouse-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinopoma microphyllum:
- Oligoryzomys longicaudatus bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Flat-haired mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Hairy-eared cerrado mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Florida mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Sandhill dunnart bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Akodon azarae bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Yellow golden mole bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Tilda’s yellow-shouldered bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
- African yellow bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Greater mouse-tailed bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater mouse-tailed bat:
- Natal multimammate mouse with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Mindanao pygmy fruit bat with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Silky pocket mouse with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- American pygmy shrew with a size of 5.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Merriam’s shrew with a size of 6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lined pocket mouse with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater mouse-tailed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater mouse-tailed bat: