AnAge entry for Myotis vivesi

Classification (HAGRID: 02413)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Myotis
Species: Myotis vivesi
Common name: Fish-eating bat

Maximum longevity: 10 years
Source: ref. 1
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: It has been reported that these animals live up to 10 years, both in the wild and in captivity [0001].

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
[0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data