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AnAge entry for Desmodus rotundus

Classification (HAGRID: 02682)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Desmodus
SpeciesDesmodus rotundus
Common nameVampire bat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity29.2 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

They stop growing at about 5 months. One captive specimen lived for 29.2 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity285 days
Male sexual maturity285 days
Gestation189 days
Weaning274 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval289 days
Weight at birth8 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight33.2 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0294 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual350 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature308ºK or 35.0ºC or 95.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.1940 W
Body mass29.4 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.006599 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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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