It is hard to guess what a Paratriaenops furculus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Paratriaenops furculus (Triaenops furculus) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Paratriaenops furculus is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Triaenops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.7 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Paratriaenops furculus, also known as Trouessart’s trident bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It was formerly assigned to the genus Triaenops, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops. A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in the Seychelles.
Animals of the same family as a Paratriaenops furculus
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Eloquent horseshoe bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Peninsular horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Rufous horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Thomas’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Spurred roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Acuminate horseshoe bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Croslet horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Intermediate horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Paratriaenops furculus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Triaenops furculus:
- Groove-toothed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Blanford’s bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Malayan horseshoe bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Makwassie musk shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Least dwarf shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Ornate shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Paratriaenops furculus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Paratriaenops furculus:
- Silky pocket mouse with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Greater false vampire bat with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Egyptian tomb bat with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Underwood’s long-tongued bat with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Moss-forest blossom bat with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Little native mouse with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Southern pygmy mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lined pocket mouse with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Taiga shrew with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)