AnAge entry for Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Classification (HAGRID: 02385)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Corynorhinus
- Species
- Corynorhinus rafinesquii
- Common name
- Rafinesque's big-eared bat
- Synonyms
- Plecotus rafinesquii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
On average, these animals live about 10 years in the wild. Given the longevity of similar species, however, maximum longevity is expected to be much higher.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 182 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 182 days
- Gestation
- 53 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 2.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11.1 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [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 555664
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 27674
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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