AnAge entry for Rousettus leschenaultii
Classification (HAGRID: 02376)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Rousettus
- Species
- Rousettus leschenaultii
- Common name
- Leschenault's rousette
- Synonyms
- Rousettus leschenaulti, Pteropus leschenaultii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been known to live up to 14 years [0424]. One specimen lived 10.9 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 150 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 455 days
- Gestation
- 115 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 12 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 108.25 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 140%
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)
- [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 945995
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