It is hard to guess what a Taphozous philippinensis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Taphozous philippinensis (Taphozous philippinensis) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Taphozous philippinensis is from the family Emballonuridae (genus: Taphozous). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Taphozous philippinensiss 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.
Animals of the same family as a Taphozous philippinensis
We found other animals of the Emballonuridae family:
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Proboscis bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Shaggy bat with a weight of 23 grams
- Naked-rumped pouched bat with a weight of 43 grams
- Hill’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Lesser dog-like bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Northern ghost bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Long-winged tomb bat with a weight of 25 grams
- Pacific sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 6 grams
- African sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 10 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Taphozous philippinensis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Taphozous philippinensis:
- Forrest’s mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Tent-making bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Neacomys spinosus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Western false pipistrelle bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Tilda’s yellow-shouldered bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Chinese mole shrew bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Ningbing false antechinus bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Beaded wood mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Halcyon horseshoe bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Little desert pocket mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Taphozous philippinensis
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Taphozous philippinensis: