It is hard to guess what a Hodgson’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hodgson’s bat (Myotis formosus) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Hodgson’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.4 cm (0′ 2″).
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.
Hodgson’s bat (Myotis formosus), also called the copper-winged bat, is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. Favouring mountain forests, it is found throughout Central, Southeast, and East Asia, from Afghanistan to the Japanese island of Tsushima. It is about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long and is distinguished from most other species of bat in this range by its yellowish colouration.
Animals of the same family as a Hodgson’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Southern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Arabian pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Canyon bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Dormer’s bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Chinese pipistrelle with a weight of 5 grams
- Northern bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Southern yellow bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Hairy-tailed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Bechstein’s bat with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hodgson’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis formosus:
- Dwarf slit-faced bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Jackson’s shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Verapaz shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Grey long-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Temminck’s mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Baird’s shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Lesser long-tongued bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Long-eared myotis bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Schmidts’s big-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale