AnAge entry for Vespertilio murinus

Classification (HAGRID: 02434)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Vespertilio
Species: Vespertilio murinus
Common name: Particolored bat

Maximum longevity: 14.5 years (wild)
Source: ref. 970
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Questionable
Observations: Given the longevity of similar species, the maximum longevity in these animals appears to be underestimated.

No information on metabolism is available.

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[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0134] Rohme (1981), Evidence for a relationship between longevity of mammalian species and life spans of normal fibroblasts in vitro and erythrocytes in vivo (PubMed)