It is hard to guess what a Lesser yellow bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser yellow bat (Scotophilus borbonicus) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Lesser yellow bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Scotophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.6 cm (0′ 10″). On average, Lesser yellow bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 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.
The lesser yellow bat (Scotophilus borbonicus) is a vesper bat found only on Madagascar and Réunion. On Réunion, it was considered common early in the 19th century, but was last sighted late in the 19th century. Only a single specimen attributed to this species, collected in 1868, is known from Madagascar. It was listed as a critically endangered species in 1996 due to habitat loss, and may be extinct.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser yellow bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Greenish yellow bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Bechstein’s bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Western bent-winged bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Angulate pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Harlequin bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Abo bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Eastern red bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Seminole bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Intermediate long-fingered bat with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser yellow bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Scotophilus borbonicus:
- Grant’s golden mole bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Northern red-backed vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Maggie Taylor’s roundleaf bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Least forest mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Neacomys spinosus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Buffy flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Aztec fruit-eating bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Railer bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Handley’s tailless bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser yellow bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Lesser yellow bat: