It is hard to guess what a Painted bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Painted bat (Kerivoula picta) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Painted bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Kerivoula). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.2 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Painted bats 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.
The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It is found in arid woodland and is fairly uncommon but widespread.
Animals of the same family as a Painted bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Southern yellow bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Desert pipistrelle with a weight of 2 grams
- Glen’s wattled bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Little broad-nosed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Savi’s pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Large forest bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Miniopterus macrocneme with a weight of 7 grams
- Yellow-lipped bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Little forest bat with a weight of 3 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Painted bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Kerivoula picta:
- Ridley’s bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Western small-footed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Elegant myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Indian pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser bamboo bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Lesser horseshoe bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Slender shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Pygmy long-eared bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Painted bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Painted bat: