It is hard to guess what a Szechwan myotis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Szechwan myotis (Myotis altarium) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Szechwan myotis is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Myotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.9 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 Szechwan myotis (Myotis altarium) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China and Thailand.
Animals of the same family as a Szechwan myotis
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Eastern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Fly River trumpet-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Painted bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Groove-toothed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Large forest bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Malagasy mouse-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Evening bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Greater bamboo bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Common thick-thumbed bat with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Szechwan myotis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myotis altarium:
- Glen’s wattled bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Silvered bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Southern short-tailed shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Common shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Pacific shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Greater dog-like bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Allen’s big-eared bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Orange nectar bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Schneider’s leaf-nosed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Mount Kenya mole shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale