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AnAge entry for Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Classification (HAGRID: 02754)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Pipistrellus
SpeciesPipistrellus pipistrellus
Common nameCommon pipistrelle

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

IMR0.36/year
MRDT4 years
Maximum longevity16 years (wild)
Sourceref. 424
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Record longevity in the wild is 16 years [0424].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity456 days
Male sexual maturity456 days
Gestation42 days
Weaning42 days
Litter size1.2 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth1.125 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight5 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0668 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual256 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats, PubMed
[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
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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