It is hard to guess what a Hairy big-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy big-eared bat (Micronycteris hirsuta) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Hairy big-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Micronycteris). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.9 cm (0′ 3″).
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 hairy big-eared bat (Micronycteris hirsuta) is a bat species from South and Central America.
Animals of the same family as a Hairy big-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Mexican long-tongued bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Little big-eared bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Brown tent-making bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Goldman’s nectar bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Pygmy round-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Little big-eyed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Handley’s tailless bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Marinkelle’s sword-nosed bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Hairy yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Red fruit bat with a weight of 21 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy big-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micronycteris hirsuta:
- Smaller horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Ryukyu mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Trident bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Rufous trident bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Rufous mouse opossum bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Salt marsh harvest mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- San Joaquin pocket mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Alston’s brown mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale