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AnAge entry for Macrotus californicus

Classification (HAGRID: 02684)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Macrotus
SpeciesMacrotus californicus
Common nameCalifornia leaf-nosed bat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity17 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

While they may reach sexual maturity earlier, males do not mate until they are at least one year-old. These animals feature diapause [0455]. One captive specimen was about 17 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. In the wild, record longevity is 10.4 years [0513].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity120 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation270 days
Weaning
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning
Adult weight11.6 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual239 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature308ºK or 35.0ºC or 95.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.0820 W
Body mass11.7 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.007009 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
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0513] Tuttle and Stevenson (1982), Growth and survival of bats

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