It is hard to guess what a Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat (Scoteanax rueppellii) on average weights 26 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Scoteanax). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 55.7 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Rüppell’s broad-nosed bats have 1 babies per litter.
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.
Rüppell’s or the greater broad-nosed bat refer to Scoteanax rueppellii, a species of vespertilionid microbat found in eastern Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Yuma myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Blanford’s bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Evening bat with a weight of 9 grams
- White-winged serotine with a weight of 5 grams
- Gould’s wattled bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Seminole bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Daubenton’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Northern broad-nosed bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Eastern false pipistrelle with a weight of 22 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Scoteanax rueppellii:
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Long-eared flying mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Wimmer’s shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Cotton mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Akodon affinis bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Dusky caenolestid bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Thespian grass mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Tschudi’s yellow-shouldered bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped tomb bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat: