It is hard to guess what a Rufous trident bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rufous trident bat (Triaenops persicus) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Rufous trident bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Triaenops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.4 cm (0′ 2″).
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 trident bat, Persian trident bat, or triple nose-leaf bat (Triaenops persicus) is a species of bat in the genus Triaenops. It occurs in southwestern Pakistan, southern Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. In the last country, it occurs together with the much smaller Triaenops parvus. Populations from Madagascar and mainland Africa have also been assigned to T. persicus, but are referable to the species Triaenops menamena and Triaenops afer, respectively. Madagascar populations have also been referred to as Triaenops rufus, but this name is a synonym of T. persicus.
Animals of the same family as a Rufous trident bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Dobson’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Lesser brown horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Eloquent horseshoe bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Trident bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Coelops frithi with a weight of 7 grams
- Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Percival’s trident bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Maggie Taylor’s roundleaf bat with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Rufous trident bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Triaenops persicus:
- California leaf-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Narrow-winged pipistrelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Asian barbastelle bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Philippine forest horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Spotted free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Bokhara horseshoe bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Eastern red bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Rufous trident bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Rufous trident bat:
- Grey long-eared bat with a size of 4.1 cm (0′ 2″)
- White-winged serotine with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Wagner’s mustached bat with a size of 4.5 cm (0′ 2″)
- Inyo shrew with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Least shrew tenrec with a size of 5.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Mexican free-tailed bat with a size of 4.1 cm (0′ 2″)
- Common pipistrelle with a size of 3.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Desert pocket mouse with a size of 3.9 cm (0′ 2″)
- Ornate shrew with a size of 4.9 cm (0′ 2″)