It is hard to guess what a Western long-tongued bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western long-tongued bat (Glossophaga morenoi) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Western long-tongued bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Glossophaga). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.69 meter (18′ 9″). Usually, Western long-tongued 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.
The western long-tongued bat (Glossophaga morenoi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Western long-tongued bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Striped hairy-nosed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Underwood’s long-tongued bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Hairy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 40 grams
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Pale spear-nosed bat with a weight of 36 grams
- Heller’s broad-nosed bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Goldman’s nectar bat with a weight of 21 grams
- Broad-toothed tailless bat with a weight of 15 grams
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a weight of 28 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western long-tongued bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Glossophaga morenoi:
- Davy’s naked-backed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Southeastern myotis bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Greater white-toothed shrew bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Northern little yellow-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mexican long-tailed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Chestnut long-tongued bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Croslet horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Bobrinski’s serotine bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Brazilian brown bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Swinny’s horseshoe bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Western long-tongued bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Western long-tongued bat: