It is hard to guess what a Southern long-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) on average weights 25 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Southern long-nosed bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Leptonycteris). It is usually born with about 4 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.55 meter (8′ 5″). On average, Southern long-nosed 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 long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.
Animals of the same family as a Southern long-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Common vampire bat with a weight of 33 grams
- Bidentate yellow-eared bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Wrinkle-faced bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Salvin’s big-eyed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Brazilian big-eyed bat with a weight of 19 grams
- Striped hairy-nosed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Velvety fruit-eating bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Tonatia brasiliense with a weight of 9 grams
- Hairy big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern long-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Leptonycteris curasoae:
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 28 grams to the scale
- North African gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Allen’s wood mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Grant’s golden mole bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Hummelinck’s vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- White-footed dunnart bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s nectar bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Balochistan gerbil bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Stolička’s mountain vole bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Mediterranean pine vole bringing 22 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern long-nosed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern long-nosed bat:
- Mauritian tomb bat
- Whiptail wallaby
- Red kangaroo
- Dibatag
- Malayan tapir
- Mountain nyala
- Greater mouse-deer
- Eld’s deer
- Siamang
- Tibetan antelope
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Southern long-nosed bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Southern long-nosed bat:
- Paucident planigale with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Bushy-tailed jird with an average maximal age of 5.33 years
- Sundevall’s jird with an average maximal age of 5.58 years
- Abbott’s duiker with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Slender mongoose with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Tiger quoll with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Desert hedgehog with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Cave nectar bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Common planigale with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.67 years