AnAge entry for Hypsignathus monstrosus
Classification (HAGRID: 02358)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Hypsignathus
- Species
- Hypsignathus monstrosus
- Common name
- Hammer-headed fruit bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of this species. One specimen was about 12 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Maximum longevity could be underestimated, though, and it has been estimated that these animals live up to 30 years [0542].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 420 days
- Gestation
- 120 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 40 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 330 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0971] Jones et al. (2003), Biological correlates of extinction risk 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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 631582
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 448084
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