It is hard to guess what a Southern forest bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern forest bat (Eptesicus regulus) on average weights 5 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Southern forest bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Eptesicus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.2 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Southern forest bats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 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.
The southern forest bat (Vespadelus regulus) is a vespertilionid bat found in Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Southern forest bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Large myotis with a weight of 42 grams
- Flores woolly bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Cave myotis with a weight of 9 grams
- Dark-winged lesser house bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Geoffroy’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Variegated butterfly bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Spotted bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Allen’s big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Dormer’s bat with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern forest bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eptesicus regulus:
- Japanese house bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- African pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Large forest bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Climbing shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Least pipistrelle bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon myotis bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Percival’s trident bat bringing 4 grams to the scale
- Dwarf dog-faced bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Benito roundleaf bat bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Marshall’s horseshoe bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern forest bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern forest bat: