AnAge entry for Pteropus niger
Classification (HAGRID: 02366)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
- Species
- Pteropus niger
- Common name
- Greater mascarene flying fox
- Synonyms
- Vespertilio vampyrus niger
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen was at least 19.4 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Not much is known about this endangered species, though, and maximum longevity could be underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 456.3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 155%
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)
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 631644
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 170225
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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