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AnAge entry for Nyctalus noctula

Classification (HAGRID: 02749)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Nyctalus
SpeciesNyctalus noctula
Common nameNoctule

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity12 years (wild)
Sourceref. 424
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In captivity, three month-old females may mate, but in the wild males are not known to mate until about 15 months-old and females probably only mate when they are one year of age.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity90 days
Male sexual maturity455 days
Gestation60 days
Weaning
Litter size1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth5.37 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight27.75 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0303 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual147 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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