AnAge entry for Artibeus jamaicensis

Classification (HAGRID: 02679)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry) Family: Phyllostomidae Genus: Artibeus
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis
Common name	Jamaican fruit-eating bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	19.2 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One 19.2 year old specimen was still alive in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	76 days
Weaning
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	5.9 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	42.2 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	221 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	310ºK or 36.4ºC or 97.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.3590 W
Body mass	46.1 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.007787 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 [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 180058
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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