AnAge entry for Antrozous pallidus

Classification (HAGRID: 02381)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Antrozous
Species: Antrozous pallidus
Common name: Pallid bat

Maximum longevity: 14.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: They stop growing after about 2 months. One specimen lived 14.8 years in captivity [0671].

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[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
[0478] Baudry et al. (1986), Low levels of calpain activity in Chiroptera brain: implications for mechanisms of aging (PubMed)
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves