It is hard to guess what a Pocketed free-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pocketed free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops femorosaccus) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Pocketed free-tailed bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Nyctinomops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.3 cm (0′ 4″). Normally, Pocketed free-tailed bats can have babies 1 times a year.
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 pocketed free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops femorosaccus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae found in Mexico and in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States. They resemble the Brazilian free-tailed bat (“Tadarida brasiliensis”) but differ morphologically. They are classified within the order Chiroptera. They are recognized as “un-threatened” by the IUCN and as “apparently secure” by Natureserve categories.
Animals of the same family as a Pocketed free-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Large-eared free-tailed bat with a weight of 34 grams
- Brown mastiff bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Broad-eared bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Wagner’s bonneted bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Wroughton’s free-tailed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Big bonneted bat with a weight of 83 grams
- Peters’s wrinkle-lipped bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Russet free-tailed bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat with a weight of 14 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pocketed free-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nyctinomops femorosaccus:
- Nyika climbing mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Broad-toothed tailless bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Spiny pocket mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Rock pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Greater forest shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Central pebble-mound mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Dwarf bonneted bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Lesser noctule bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Delicate vesper mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Big free-tailed bat bringing 18 grams to the scale