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AnAge entry for Antrozous pallidus

Classification (HAGRID: 02719)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Antrozous
SpeciesAntrozous pallidus
Common namePallid bat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity14.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

They stop growing after about 2 months. One specimen lived 14.8 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity365 days
Male sexual maturity365 days
Gestation62 days
Weaning50 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth3.1 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight20.8 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0543 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual190 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature307ºK or 34.0ºC or 93.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.1040 W
Body mass22.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004727 W/g

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats, PubMed
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0478] Baudry et al. (1986), Low levels of calpain activity in Chiroptera brain: implications for mechanisms of aging, PubMed
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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