It is hard to guess what a Pale spear-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Pale spear-nosed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Phyllostomus). It is usually born with about 7 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Pale spear-nosed 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 pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) is a species of phyllostomid bat from South and Central America.
Animals of the same family as a Pale spear-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Micronycteris nicefori with a weight of 8 grams
- Dark long-tongued bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Melissa’s yellow-eared bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Cuban flower bat with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tonatia carrikeri with a weight of 22 grams
- Schmidts’s big-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Northern little yellow-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Gray long-tongued bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Hairy big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pale spear-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllostomus discolor:
- Djoongari bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Silver mountain vole bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Rudd’s mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Dark fruit-eating bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Sclater’s golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Southern vole bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Cloud forest grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Guadeloupe big-eyed bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Pale spear-nosed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Pale spear-nosed bat: