It is hard to guess what a Lesser bulldog bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser bulldog bat (Noctilio albiventris) on average weights 31 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Lesser bulldog bat is from the family Noctilionidae (genus: Noctilio). It is usually born with about 6 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.6 cm (0′ 3″).
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 lesser bulldog bat (Noctilio albiventris) is an insectivorous and occasionally carnivorous bat of the (Neotropics), ranging through Central America and northern South America. Some unique characteristics of the bat include, large feet that are used to rake the surface of water to capture prey, and precise echolocation. Occasionally, the larger bats catch and consume small fish (the most closely related species, the greater bulldog bat, is known for its fishing ability).
Animals of the same family as a Lesser bulldog bat
We found other animals of the Noctilionidae family:
- Greater bulldog bat with a weight of 45 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser bulldog bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Noctilio albiventris:
- Tyler’s mouse opossum bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Tailless fruit bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Southern vole bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Mindanao montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Aztec mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix jelskii bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- African giant shrew bringing 33 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lesser bulldog bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser bulldog bat:
- Large-eared tenrec with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Honey possum with a size of 7.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Egyptian tomb bat with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- White-eared pocket mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Chinese shrew mole with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater white-toothed shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Iberian shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pacific shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eastern harvest mouse with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)