It is hard to guess what a Lesser large-footed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser large-footed bat (Myotis hasseltii) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Lesser large-footed bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.5 cm (0′ 4″).
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 large-footed bat (Myotis hasseltii) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser large-footed bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Beatrix’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Curacao myotis with a weight of 3 grams
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Fringed myotis with a weight of 8 grams
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Indian pipistrelle with a weight of 4 grams
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Welwitsch’s bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Eptesicus demissus with a weight of 13 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser large-footed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis hasseltii:
- Geoffroy’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Underwood’s long-tongued bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Jackson’s shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Bechstein’s bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Greater tube-nosed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Paucident planigale bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Chestnut long-tongued bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Kenyan wattled bat bringing 7 grams to the scale