AnAge entry for Scotorepens balstoni
Classification (HAGRID: 02428)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Scotorepens
- Species
- Scotorepens balstoni
- Common name
- Western broad-nosed bat
- Synonyms
- Nycticeius balstoni, Scoteinus balstoni, Scoteinus influatus, Scotorepens balstoni balstoni, Scotorepens balstoni influatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 9.7 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 210 days
- Weaning
- 29 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 2.4 g
- Weight at weaning
- 5.6 g
- Adult weight
- 11.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 136%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
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- ITIS 946146
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