It is hard to guess what a Short-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-eared bat (Cyttarops alecto) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Short-eared bat is from the family Emballonuridae (genus: Cyttarops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.33 meter (7′ 8″).
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 short-eared bat (Cyttarops alecto) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana and Nicaragua. It is monotypic within its genus.
Animals of the same family as a Short-eared bat
We found other animals of the Emballonuridae family:
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Lesser dog-like bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Egyptian tomb bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Thomas’s sac-winged bat with a weight of 3 grams
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Dark sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Proboscis bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Black-bearded tomb bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Pel’s pouched bat with a weight of 53 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Short-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cyttarops alecto:
- Malagasy mouse-eared bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Lesser dog-like bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Ridley’s bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Dent’s shrew bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Hardwicke’s woolly bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Pygmy long-eared bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Pacific sheath-tailed bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- De Winton’s long-eared bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Savi’s pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale