It is hard to guess what a Tiny pipistrelle weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) on average weights 2 grams (0 lbs).
The Tiny pipistrelle is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Pipistrellus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.5 cm (0′ 2″). Usually, Tiny pipistrelles 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 tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.
Animals of the same family as a Tiny pipistrelle
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Kerivoula hardwickei with a weight of 4 grams
- Lesser bamboo bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Nyctophilus geoffroyi with a weight of 2 grams
- Van Gelder’s bat with a weight of 22 grams
- Cave myotis with a weight of 9 grams
- Cape serotine with a weight of 6 grams
- Seminole bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Indian pipistrelle with a weight of 4 grams
- Hutton’s tube-nosed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Cape serotine with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tiny pipistrelle
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pipistrellus nanulus:
- Himalayan whiskered bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Desert pipistrelle bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Flat-headed shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Madagascan pygmy shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Mauritanian shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Pipistrellus mimus bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Least woolly bat bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Eurasian least shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Dwarf shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
- Etruscan shrew bringing 2 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Tiny pipistrelle
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tiny pipistrelle: