It is hard to guess what a Spectral bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) on average weights 171 grams (0.38 lbs).
The Spectral bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Vampyrum). They can live for up to 6.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.3 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Spectral bats have 1 babies per litter.
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 spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat or Linnaeus’s false vampire bat, is a large, carnivorous leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.It is the only member of the genus Vampyrum; its closest living relative is the big-eared woolly bat.It is the largest bat species in the New World, as well as the largest carnivorous bat: its wingspan is 0.7–1.0 m (2.3–3.3 ft).It has a robust skull and teeth, with which it delivers a powerful bite to kill its prey.Birds are frequent prey items, though it may also consume rodents, insects, and other bats.Unlike the majority of bat species, it is monogamous.Colonies consist of an adult male and female and their offspring.The adult male will bring food back to the roost to provision the adult female and their offspring.Colonies generally roost in tree hollows, though individuals may roost in caves.Due to habitat destruction and its low population density, it is listed as a near-threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Animals of the same family as a Spectral bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Hairy big-eared bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Brown flower bat with a weight of 16 grams
- California leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 11 grams
- White-bellied big-eared bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Great stripe-faced bat with a weight of 35 grams
- Melissa’s yellow-eared bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Tailed tailless bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Schultz’s round-eared bat with a weight of 18 grams
- Greater round-eared bat with a weight of 27 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Spectral bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Vampyrum spectrum:
- Perote ground squirrel bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Perny’s long-nosed squirrel bringing 199 grams to the scale
- Indian gerbil bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Leadbeater’s possum bringing 137 grams to the scale
- Tawny-bellied cotton rat bringing 196 grams to the scale
- Val’s gundi bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Asian red-cheeked squirrel bringing 201 grams to the scale
- Large New Guinea spiny rat bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Furtive tuco-tuco bringing 150 grams to the scale
- New Caledonia flying fox bringing 151 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Spectral bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Spectral bat:
- Great fruit-eating bat
- White-eared titi
- Pygmy killer whale
- Spectral tarsier
- Southern forest bat
- Addax
- Rufous rat-kangaroo
- Ribboned rope squirrel
- Thomson’s gazelle
- Flores woolly bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Spectral bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Spectral bat:
- Least chipmunk with an average maximal age of 6.25 years
- Dark kangaroo mouse with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Florida mouse with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec with an average maximal age of 5.58 years
- Arctic hare with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum with an average maximal age of 6.33 years
- Abbott’s duiker with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Serotine bat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Long-eared hedgehog with an average maximal age of 6.75 years