It is hard to guess what a Northern broad-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern broad-nosed bat (Nycticeius sanborni) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Northern 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 northern broad-nosed bat – Scotorepens sanborni – is a species of the vespertilionid family of microbats. It can be found in northern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Northern broad-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Light-winged lesser house bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Least long-fingered bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Botswanan long-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Arabian pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Daubenton’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Lesser hairy-winged bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Brown tube-nosed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Beatrix’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Variegated butterfly bat with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern broad-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nycticeius sanborni:
- Southern pygmy mouse bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Fischer’s little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Jouvenet’s shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- New Guinea long-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Thick-eared bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Northern birch mouse bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Southern ningaui bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Large-toothed shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale