It is hard to guess what a Guadeloupe big-eyed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Guadeloupe big-eyed bat (Chiroderma improvisum) on average weights 35 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Guadeloupe big-eyed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Chiroderma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30.5 cm (1′ 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 Guadeloupe big-eyed bat (Chiroderma improvisum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Guadeloupe and Montserrat. It is threatened by habitat loss mostly because of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed 90% of the population of this bat in 1989. The species may be locally extinct in some areas of Guadeloupe.
Animals of the same family as a Guadeloupe big-eyed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Guianan spear-nosed bat with a weight of 134 grams
- Lesser spear-nosed bat with a weight of 41 grams
- Honduran white bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Orange nectar bat with a weight of 13 grams
- California leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Red fruit bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Dwarf little fruit bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Bidentate yellow-eared bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Eldorado broad-nosed bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Visored bat with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Guadeloupe big-eyed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chiroderma improvisum:
- White-footed climbing mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cursor grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- European free-tailed bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Grey dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Mindanao montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Andean big-eared mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Short-palated fruit bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Jalapan pine vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Macroscelides proboscideus bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Spinifex hopping mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale