It is hard to guess what a Hairy-legged myotis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy-legged myotis (Myotis keaysi) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Hairy-legged myotis is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.5 cm (0′ 4″).
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-legged myotis (Myotis keaysi) is a species of mouse-eared bat. It is found from southern Tamaulipas in Mexico, through much of Central America and across northern South America as far east as Trinidad. Further south, it is found along the foothills of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina.Originally identified in 1914 as a subspecies of red myotis, and later as a subspecies of black myotis, it was raised to full species status in 1973. Two subspecies are currently recognised:Myotis keaysi keaysi – Argentia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, south-western ColombiaMyotis keaysi pilosatibialis – western Colombia, northern Venezuela, Trinidad, Central America, southern and eastern Mexico
Animals of the same family as a Hairy-legged myotis
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Kerivoula hardwickei with a weight of 4 grams
- Japanese house bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Montane myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Southern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Chinese pipistrelle with a weight of 5 grams
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Serotine bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Welwitsch’s bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Greater bamboo bat with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy-legged myotis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis keaysi:
- White-bellied big-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Pacific sheath-tailed bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Jones’s roundleaf bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Desert pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Japanese house bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Pygmy shrew tenrec bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Saussure’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Savi’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Spix’s disk-winged bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Indian pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale