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How much does a Miller’s long-tongued bat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Miller’s long-tongued bat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Miller’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga longirostris) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).

The Miller’s long-tongued bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Glossophaga). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.69 meter (18′ 9″). Normally, Miller’s long-tongued bats can have babies 2 times a year.

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 Miller's long-tongued bat is 13 grams (0.03 lbs)

Miller’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga longirostris) is a bat species from northern South America and the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. It is found in northern Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, the Netherlands Antilles and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Animals of the same family as a Miller’s long-tongued bat

We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Miller’s long-tongued bat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Glossophaga longirostris: