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How much does a Little broad-nosed bat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Little broad-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Little broad-nosed bat (Nycticeius greyii) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).

The Little broad-nosed bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Nycticeius). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30 cm (1′ 0″).

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 average adult weight of a Little broad-nosed bat is 10 grams (0.02 lbs)

The little broad-nosed bat (Scotorepens greyii) (pronounced skoh’-toh-rep’-enz grey’-ee-ee’) translates to Grey’s darkness creeper . Sometimes called sometimes called Grey’s broad-nosed after the third governor of South Australia Sir John Edward Grey. It is a species of vesper bat, which is one of the largest and best-known family of bats. They are endemic to Australia, are insectivores and have a broad range within the mainland, mainly in hot arid areas but also found in tropical rainforests.

Animals of the same family as a Little broad-nosed bat

We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Little broad-nosed bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nycticeius greyii: