It is hard to guess what a Rufous mouse-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rufous mouse-eared bat (Myotis bocagii) on average weights 7 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Rufous mouse-eared bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). 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.
The rufous mouse-eared bat (Myotis bocagii) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is found in dry and moist savanna habitats.
Animals of the same family as a Rufous mouse-eared bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Moloney’s mimic bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Fly River trumpet-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Northern broad-nosed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Greater bamboo bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Dark-winged lesser house bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Greater Papuan pipistrelle with a weight of 6 grams
- Large-eared pied bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Black-gilded pipistrelle with a weight of 10 grams
- Nyctophilus corbeni with a weight of 11 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Rufous mouse-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis bocagii:
- Western barbastelle bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Pygmy gerbil bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Cadorna’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Blackish small-eared shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Alpine shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Swinny’s horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Western long-tongued bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Bourret’s horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Hoary wattled bat bringing 8 grams to the scale