It is hard to guess what a Large-footed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large-footed bat (Myotis adversus) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Large-footed bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Large-footed bats can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 large-footed bat, large-footed mouse-eared bat, or large-footed myotis (Myotis adversus) is a species of vesper bat (family Vespertilionidae). It can be found in the following countries: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Vanuatu, and possibly Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Large-footed bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Nut-colored yellow bat with a weight of 30 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Thick-thumbed myotis with a weight of 3 grams
- Thick-eared bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Black-winged little yellow bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Lesser long-fingered bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Keen’s myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Cave myotis with a weight of 9 grams
- Western bent-winged bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Long-eared myotis with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Large-footed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis adversus:
- Evening bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Mexican free-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Para dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Bini free-tailed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Szechwan myotis bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Swamp musk shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Sundevall’s roundleaf bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Northern broad-nosed bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Bicolored shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Large-footed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Large-footed bat: