It is hard to guess what a Percival’s trident bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Percival’s trident bat (Cloeotis percivali) on average weights 4 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Percival’s trident bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Cloeotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.9 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Percival’s trident bat (Cloeotis percivali) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is monotypic within the genus Cloeotis. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and caves.
Animals of the same family as a Percival’s trident bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Semon’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Orange leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Ridley’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Halcyon horseshoe bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Telefomin roundleaf bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Ashy roundleaf bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Malayan horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Spurred roundleaf bat with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Percival’s trident bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cloeotis percivali:
- Crawford’s gray shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Painted bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Rusty pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Somali serotine bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Elegant myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Saussure’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Borneo roundleaf bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Doucet’s musk shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Least long-fingered bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Western small-footed bat bringing 4 grams to the scale