It is hard to guess what a Nyctophilus geoffroyi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Nyctophilus geoffroyi) on average weights 2 grams (0 lbs).
The Nyctophilus geoffroyi is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Nyctophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.3 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.
Nyctophilus geoffroyi is a vespertilionid bat, a flying nocturnal mammal found in Australia, The species is relatively common. They have been referred to as the lesser long-eared bat.
Animals of the same family as a Nyctophilus geoffroyi
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Gould’s long-eared bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Hairy-faced bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Rüppell’s pipistrelle with a weight of 7 grams
- Brown pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- White-bellied lesser house bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Eisentraut’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Rendall’s serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Eastern false pipistrelle with a weight of 22 grams
- Curacao myotis with a weight of 3 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nyctophilus geoffroyi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nyctophilus geoffroyi:
- Madagascan pygmy shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Eurasian least shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Himalayan whiskered bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Mauritanian shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Least woolly bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Black myotis bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Flat-headed shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Etruscan shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Dwarf shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale