It is hard to guess what a Van Gelder’s bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Van Gelder’s bat (Antrozous dubiaquercus) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Van Gelder’s bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Antrozous). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.25 meter (4′ 2″). 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:
- Southwestern myotis with a weight of 38 grams
- Least woolly bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Schlieffen’s bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Cinnamon myotis with a weight of 4 grams
- Greater noctule bat with a weight of 45 grams
- Little brown bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with a weight of 9 grams
- Japanese house bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Hardwicke’s woolly bat with a weight of 4 grams
- African yellow bat with a weight of 25 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 Antrozous dubiaquercus:
- Oligoryzomys chacoensis bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Tufted pygmy squirrel bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Black-bearded tomb bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Intermediate roundleaf bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Thespian grass mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Northern freetail bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Wilson’s spiny mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bank vole bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec bringing 18 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: