It is hard to guess what a Miniopterus macrocneme weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Miniopterus macrocneme (Miniopterus macrocneme) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Miniopterus macrocneme is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Miniopterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 91.8 cm (3′ 1″). Usually, Miniopterus macrocnemes have 1 babies per litter.
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.
Miniopterus macrocneme is a bat in the genus Miniopterus. It is found primarily in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia, though it is also found in New Guinea. It has been considered a subspecies of Miniopterus pusillus in recent years. It lives in caves in large numbers, though it can also be found in forests.
Animals of the same family as a Miniopterus macrocneme
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Western broad-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Lesser bamboo bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Black myotis with a weight of 2 grams
- Yellow-lipped bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Montane myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Keen’s myotis with a weight of 6 grams
- Whitehead’s woolly bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Horsfield’s bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Southeastern myotis with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Miniopterus macrocneme
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Miniopterus macrocneme:
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Northern little yellow-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Ozimops loriae bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Natterer’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Golden-tipped bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Croslet horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Abo bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Greater bamboo bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mexican long-tailed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Miniopterus macrocneme
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Miniopterus macrocneme: