AnAge entry for Miniopterus schreibersii

Classification (HAGRID: 02330)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Miniopteridae
                    Genus: Miniopterus
Species: Miniopterus schreibersii
Common name: Schreibers's long-fingered bat
Synonyms: Miniopterus schreibersi, Vespertilio schreibersii, Vespertilio orsinii, Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii, Miniopterus schreibersii orsinii

Maximum longevity: 22 years (wild)
Source: ref. 424
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Telomere length has been shown to shorten with age in these animals [1349].

[1349] Foley et al. (2018), Growing old, yet staying young: The role of telomeres in bats' exceptional longevity (PubMed)
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0971] Jones et al. (2003), Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats (PubMed)
[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