It is hard to guess what a Van Gelder’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Van Gelder’s bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Van Gelder’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Bauerus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.9 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Van Gelder’s bats 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.
Van Gelder’s bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. The species is monotypic within its genus. It is part of the tribe Antrozoini within the subfamily Vespertilioninae and is related to the pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus). The bat is found in forest habitat from sea level to elevations as high as 2300 m, although not usually above 1300 m, and is insectivorous and crepuscular. It apparently has a fragmented distribution, and is threatened by deforestation.
Animals of the same family as a Van Gelder’s bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Banana pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Lesser bamboo bat with a weight of 4 grams
- Parti-coloured bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Hairy-faced bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Southern forest bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Indian pipistrelle with a weight of 4 grams
- Yellowish myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Large forest bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Yuma myotis with a weight of 5 grams
- Eastern false pipistrelle with a weight of 22 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Van Gelder’s bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bauerus dubiaquercus:
- Kemp’s grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- San Diego pocket mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Yellow steppe lemming bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Common vole bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Ruwenzori shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Incan caenolestid bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Blackish grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Van Gelder’s bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Van Gelder’s bat: