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AnAge entry for Artibeus lituratus

Classification (HAGRID: 02680)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Artibeus
SpeciesArtibeus lituratus
Common nameGreat fruit-eating bat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevityNot yet established
Observations

Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 10.9 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity
Male sexual maturity
Gestation
Weaning
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval220 days
Weight at birth10.5 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight65 g
Postnatal growth rate

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.3ºC or 99.1ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.6020 W
Body mass70.1 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.008588 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
[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

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