AnAge entry for Glossophaga soricina

Classification (HAGRID: 02683)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry) Family: Phyllostomidae Genus: Glossophaga
Species	Glossophaga soricina
Common name	Pallas's long-tongued bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	11 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	106 days
Weaning	61 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	10 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	158 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 35.5ºC or 95.9ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.1640 W
Body mass	9.6 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.017083 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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 631815
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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