AnAge entry for Taphozous georgianus
Classification (HAGRID: 02324)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Taphozous
- Species
- Taphozous georgianus
- Common name
- Sharp-nosed tomb bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1305
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
These animals have been found to live up to 4.0 years [1305]. Considering the longevity of similar species, however, maximum longevity could be significantly underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 278 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 609 days
- Gestation
- 99 days
- Weaning
- Clutch or litter size
- 1
- Breedings per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 4.22 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 24.43 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 50%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [1305] ABBBS - Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 631728
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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