It is hard to guess what a Kenyan wattled bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kenyan wattled bat (Chalinolobus kenyacola) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Kenyan wattled bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Chalinolobus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″).
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 Kenyan wattled bat (Glauconycteris kenyacola) is a species of vesper bat and a member of the family Vespertilionidae.It is found only in Kenya.
Animals of the same family as a Kenyan wattled bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Hoary wattled bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Whitehead’s woolly bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Allen’s spotted bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Northern broad-nosed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Spurrell’s woolly bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Yellow-lipped bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Silvered bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat with a weight of 26 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Kenyan wattled bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chalinolobus kenyacola:
- Large-eared tenrec bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Big-eared horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Verapaz shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Western barbastelle bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Diminutive serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Arctic shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Arizona myotis bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Spurrell’s free-tailed bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Setzer’s pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale