It is hard to guess what a Small mouse-tailed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Small mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) on average weights 9 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Small mouse-tailed bat is from the family Rhinopomatidae (genus: Rhinopoma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″).
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 small mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, and possibly Ethiopia. The small mouse-tailed bat ranges from the Seistan basin in Iran well into the Helmand River basin of south-western Afghanistan.Mouse tailed bats have a wingspan of 17–25 cm, a body length of 6–8 cm and a tail the same length as its body. Their diet is flying insects which they eat whilst flying. This species was demonstrated as distinct from R. hardwickei based on mutually exclusive morphological features: the small mouse-tailed bat has a nearly unridged skull with small teeth and large cavities filled with fluid.
Animals of the same family as a Small mouse-tailed bat
We found other animals of the Rhinopomatidae family:
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Greater mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 28 grams
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a weight of 13 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Small mouse-tailed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinopoma muscatellum:
- Bushveld horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Large-eared horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Gray climbing mouse bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Dwarf little fruit bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Davy’s naked-backed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Mount Kenya mole shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Smaller horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Pouched gerbil bringing 10 grams to the scale