It is hard to guess what a Pale-faced bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pale-faced bat (Phylloderma stenops) on average weights 55 grams (0.12 lbs).
The Pale-faced bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Phylloderma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.9 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.
The pale-faced bat (Phylloderma stenops) is a bat species from South and Central America.
Animals of the same family as a Pale-faced bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Schultz’s round-eared bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Hairy big-eyed bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Niceforo’s big-eared bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Golden bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Fringe-lipped bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Jamaican fruit bat with a weight of 42 grams
- White-throated round-eared bat with a weight of 32 grams
- Lesser spear-nosed bat with a weight of 41 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pale-faced bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phylloderma stenops:
- Ungava collared lemming bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Córdoba vesper mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys melanotis bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Minor epauletted fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Swift fruit bat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Western mastiff bat bringing 50 grams to the scale