It is hard to guess what a White-throated round-eared bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicolum) on average weights 32 grams (0.07 lbs).
The White-throated round-eared bat is from the family Phyllostomidae (genus: Lophostoma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Normally, White-throated round-eared bats can have babies 2 times a year.
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 white-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicolum) is a South and Central American bat species found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger. It thrives on a mainly insect-based diet, focusing on the surfaces of foliage to hunt, and also eats fruit and pollen. It has a very wide range and is a common species over much of that range, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a White-throated round-eared bat
We found other animals of the Phyllostomidae family:
- Melissa’s yellow-eared bat with a weight of 16 grams
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a weight of 28 grams
- Great fruit-eating bat with a weight of 59 grams
- Godman’s long-tailed bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Greater long-nosed bat with a weight of 24 grams
- Greater round-eared bat with a weight of 27 grams
- Schultz’s round-eared bat with a weight of 17 grams
- Pygmy fruit-eating bat with a weight of 11 grams
- Davis’s round-eared bat with a weight of 20 grams
- Dwarf little fruit bat with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-throated round-eared bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophostoma silvicolum:
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked dunnart bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Mexican vole bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Northern caenolestid bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Alpine chipmunk bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil bringing 26 grams to the scale