It is hard to guess what a Western bent-winged bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Western bent-winged bat is from the family Vespertilionidae (genus: Miniopterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.6 cm (0′ 7″).
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 western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It can be found in the following countries: China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Western bent-winged bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Schreber’s yellow bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Yellow-lipped bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Gould’s long-eared bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Little broad-nosed bat with a weight of 10 grams
- Silver-haired bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat with a weight of 26 grams
- Great evening bat with a weight of 49 grams
- Pond bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Fly River trumpet-eared bat with a weight of 5 grams
- Natterer’s bat with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western bent-winged bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Miniopterus magnater:
- Short-nosed harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Morgan’s gerbil mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Parti-coloured bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Little big-eyed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Himalayan shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Pocketed free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Tent-making bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Rhinolophus hilli bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Ussuri shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale