It is hard to guess what a Malagasy mouse-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Malagasy mouse-eared bat (Myotis goudoti) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Malagasy mouse-eared 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 Malagasy mouse-eared bat (Myotis goudoti) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae that is endemic to Madagascar.
Animals of the same family as a Malagasy mouse-eared bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Golden-tipped bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Grey long-eared bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Himalayan whiskered bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Van Gelder’s bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Brazilian brown bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Allen’s big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Papillose woolly bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Burmese whiskered bat with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Malagasy mouse-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis goudoti:
- Malayan horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Short-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Delany’s mouse bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Dwarf dog-faced bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Large-eared gray shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Nyctophilus arnhemensis bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Whitaker’s shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Malagasy mouse-eared bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Malagasy mouse-eared bat:
- Western red-backed vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Gleaning mouse with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Narrow-skulled pocket mouse with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-footed vole with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Greenish naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Goodwin’s broad-clawed shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Western jumping mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Agile gracile opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Sulawesi rousette with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Wagner’s gerbil with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)