It is hard to guess what a Theobald’s tomb bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Theobald’s tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Theobald’s tomb bat is from the family Emballonuridae (genus: Taphozous). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 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.
Theobald’s tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Theobald’s tomb bat
We found other animals of the Emballonuridae family:
- Beccari’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Naked-rumped tomb bat with a weight of 31 grams
- Northern ghost bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Naked-rumped pouched bat with a weight of 43 grams
- Peters’s sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 12 grams
- African sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Greater sac-winged bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Greater dog-like bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Common sheath-tailed bat with a weight of 30 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Theobald’s tomb bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Taphozous theobaldi:
- Oecomys bicolor bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix jelskii bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Northern hopping mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Prairie vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Desert mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Andean big-eared mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- California red tree mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel bringing 34 grams to the scale