It is hard to guess what a Russet free-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Russet free-tailed bat (Chaerephon russata) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Russet free-tailed bat is from the family Molossidae (genus: Chaerephon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.04 meter (6′ 9″).
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 russet free-tailed bat (Chaerephon russatus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, and Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Russet free-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Molossidae family:
- Underwood’s bonneted bat with a weight of 58 grams
- European free-tailed bat with a weight of 28 grams
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Dwarf free-tailed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Railer bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Para dog-faced bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Southern dog-faced bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Cinnamon dog-faced bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Nigerian free-tailed bat with a weight of 20 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Russet free-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaerephon russata:
- Fat-tailed dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Sandy inland mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Brown fruit-eating bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Greater forest shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Montane shrew tenrec bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Oldfield mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Rufous mouse opossum bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Eloquent horseshoe bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale