AnAge entry for Myotis brandtii
Classification (HAGRID: 02396)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
- Species
- Myotis brandtii
- Common name
- Brandt's bat
- Synonyms
- Myotis brandti, Vespertilio brandtii, Myotis brandtii brandtii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 41 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 424
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One banded animal lived for 41 years in the wild [0060].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 624%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1127] Seim et al. (2013), Genome analysis reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii (PubMed)
- [0060] Podlutsky et al. (2005), A new field record for bat longevity (PubMed)
- [0477] Brunet-Rossinni and Austad (2004), Ageing studies on bats: a review (PubMed)
- [0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 946240
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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