It is hard to guess what a Short-headed broad-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-headed broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus brachycephalus) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Short-headed broad-nosed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Platyrrhinus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.7 cm (0′ 4″).
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-headed broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus brachycephalus) is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Short-headed broad-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Greater round-eared bat with a weight of 27 grams
- Aztec fruit-eating bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Handley’s tailless bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Tonatia carrikeri with a weight of 22 grams
- Vampyriscus nymphaea with a weight of 69 grams
- Jamaican fruit bat with a weight of 42 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Flat-faced fruit-eating bat with a weight of 47 grams
- Great stripe-faced bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Lesser spear-nosed bat with a weight of 41 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Short-headed broad-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Platyrrhinus brachycephalus:
- Darien harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mexican free-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Little Indian field mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Brown mastiff bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Visored bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Big naked-backed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Pond bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Silver fruit-eating bat bringing 12 grams to the scale