It is hard to guess what a Tree bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tree bat (Ardops nichollsi) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Tree bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Ardops). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 69.2 cm (2′ 4″). On average, Tree bats can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 tree bat (Ardops nichollsi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ardops. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Saba and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Animals of the same family as a Tree bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Great fruit-eating bat with a weight of 59 grams
- Jamaican flower bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Pygmy round-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Greater spear-nosed bat with a weight of 91 grams
- Gervais’s fruit-eating bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Tonatia brasiliense with a weight of 9 grams
- Micronycteris sylvestris with a weight of 8 grams
- Tonatia silvicola with a weight of 32 grams
- Tschudi’s yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Leach’s single leaf bat with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tree bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ardops nichollsi:
- Savi’s pine vole bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Brown flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Sonoran harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Andean vesper mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Ural field mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Hairy harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Common blossom bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Tree bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tree bat: