It is hard to guess what a Little big-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Little big-eared bat (Micronycteris megalotis) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Little big-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Micronycteris). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.9 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 little big-eared bat (Micronycteris megalotis) is a bat species in the order Chiroptera and family Phyllostomidae. It is from South and Central America particularly Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname and Trinidad. Though its exact population is unknown, it is considered widespread and occurs in protected areas, although its minor threats may be deforestation, but nonetheless is classified Least Concern. It is found in multistratal evergreen forests and dry thorn forests and forages near streams and is found hollow trees, logs, caverns, or houses with groups up to twelve. The head and body length measures at 43.8 mm for males and 44.6 for females and males usually weigh about 5 g while females weigh 5.7 g.
Animals of the same family as a Little big-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Flat-faced fruit-eating bat with a weight of 47 grams
- Greater long-nosed bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Northern little yellow-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Striped hairy-nosed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Hairy big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Long-legged bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Gray short-tailed bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Little big-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micronycteris megalotis:
- Daubenton’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Myotis bocagei bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mount Lyell shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Bicolored musk shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Hodgson’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Diminutive serotine bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Laxmann’s shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Iberian shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Nyctophilus arnhemensis bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat bringing 6 grams to the scale