It is hard to guess what a Salvin’s big-eyed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Salvin’s big-eyed bat (Chiroderma salvini) on average weights 26 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Salvin’s big-eyed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Chiroderma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30.5 cm (1′ 1″).
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.
Salvin’s big-eyed bat (Chiroderma salvini) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Salvin’s big-eyed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Guianan spear-nosed bat with a weight of 134 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Hairy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 40 grams
- Northern little yellow-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Silver fruit-eating bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Western long-tongued bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Honduran white bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Highland yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 21 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Salvin’s big-eyed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chiroderma salvini:
- Railer bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Northern yellow bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys andinus bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Common noctule bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Black bonneted bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Balochistan gerbil bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Smoky grass mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- New Guinea free-tailed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Least pygmy squirrel bringing 21 grams to the scale