It is hard to guess what a Heller’s broad-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Heller’s broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus helleri) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Heller’s broad-nosed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Platyrrhinus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.7 cm (0′ 4″). Normally, Heller’s broad-nosed bats can have babies 2 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.
Heller’s broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus helleri) is a bat species from South and Central America.
Animals of the same family as a Heller’s broad-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Tonatia silvicola with a weight of 32 grams
- Miller’s long-tongued bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Aztec fruit-eating bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Tonatia carrikeri with a weight of 22 grams
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- California leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Orinoco sword-nosed bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Buffy broad-nosed bat with a weight of 50 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Heller’s broad-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Platyrrhinus helleri:
- Botta’s serotine bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Eastern broad-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- African black shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- True’s shrew mole bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Tacarcuna bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- American water shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Flat-skulled shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Southern short-tailed shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale