How big does a Serotine bat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) reaches an average size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 6 years, they grow from 5 grams (0.01 lbs) to 23 grams (0.05 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Serotine bats have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Serotine bat (genus: Eptesicus) is a member of the family Vespertilionidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around 37 cm (15 in) and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts in buildings, hanging upside down, in small groups or individually. The name serotine is derived from the Latin serotinus which means “evening”, while the generic name derives from the Greek ἔπιεν and οίκος which means “house flyer”.
Animals of the same family as a Serotine bat
We found other animals of the Vespertilionidae family:
- Thick-thumbed myotis with a weight of 3 grams
- Large-eared pied bat with 1 babies per litter
- Abo bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Lesser hairy-winged bat with a weight of 13 grams
- Western broad-nosed bat with 1 babies per litter
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Arabian pipistrelle with a weight of 3 grams
- Surat serotine with a weight of 13 grams
- Eastern long-eared bat with 2 babies per litter
- Long-tailed house bat with a weight of 30 grams
Animals with the same size as a Serotine bat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Serotine bat:
- Desert long-eared bat with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Nicaraguan harvest mouse with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Underwood’s long-tongued bat with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ghost-faced bat with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pale shrew tenrec with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hodgson’s brown-toothed shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- American water shrew with a size of 7.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Long-tailed shrew with a size of 5.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Vagrant shrew with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Serotine bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Serotine bat:
- Stein’s cuscus
- Sumatran rhinoceros
- Grant’s forest shrew
- Shrew-faced squirrel
- Sugar glider
- Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
- Lord Derby’s scaly-tailed squirrel
- Hamadryas baboon
- Chestnut-bellied titi
- Bornean orangutan
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Serotine bat
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Serotine bat:
- Canyon bat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Dark kangaroo mouse with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Feathertail glider with an average maximal age of 7.17 years
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.75 years
- California ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Silky pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with an average maximal age of 6.75 years
- White-tailed rat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Eastern quoll with an average maximal age of 6.75 years
Animals with the same weight as a Serotine bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eptesicus serotinus:
- Hill’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Northern grasshopper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Cozumel harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Hoary bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Juliana’s golden mole bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Blackish white-toothed shrew bringing 20 grams to the scale