AnAge entry for Corynorhinus townsendii
Classification (HAGRID: 02386)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Corynorhinus
- Species
- Corynorhinus townsendii
- Common name
- Townsend's big-eared bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 424
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
The gestation period for this species varies from 56 to 100 days, depending on body temperature [0434]. Males probably do not mate in their first year of life, but females might mate at 4 months of age.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 210 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 78 days
- Weaning
- 42 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 2.4 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 14.25 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 279%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0971] Jones et al. (2003), Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats (PubMed)
- [0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [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 203452
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