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AnAge entry for Carollia perspicillata

Classification (HAGRID: 02681)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Carollia
SpeciesCarollia perspicillata
Common nameSeba's short-tailed bat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity17 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One 17 year old specimen was still alive in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity258 days
Male sexual maturity258 days
Gestation95 days
Weaning
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval159 days
Weight at birth5 g
Weight at weaning12.5 g
Adult weight15 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0347 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual230 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 36.4ºC or 97.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.2400 W
Body mass14.9 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.016107 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
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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