It is hard to guess what a Silvered bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Silvered bat (Chalinolobus argentatus) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Silvered bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Chalinolobus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″).
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 silvered bat (Glauconycteris argentata) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Silvered bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Bronze tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Hairy-faced bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Bechstein’s bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Miniopterus macrocneme with a weight of 7 grams
- Myotis vivesi with a weight of 25 grams
- Large-footed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Arizona myotis with a weight of 8 grams
- Southern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Myotis bocagei with a weight of 7 grams
- Botswanan long-eared bat with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Silvered bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chalinolobus argentatus:
- Fischer’s little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Gray long-tongued bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Pygmy round-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Common shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Northern bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Dwarf little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Plains pocket mouse bringing 9 grams to the scale