AnAge entry for Rhinolophus megaphyllus
Classification (HAGRID: 02380)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
- Species
- Rhinolophus megaphyllus
- Common name
- Smaller horseshoe bat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
A captured juvenile female was 7.5 years old [0563]. Considering the longevity of similar species, however, maximum longevity could be much longer and is thus classified as unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 128 days
- Weaning
- 61 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 9.8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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)
- [0563] Young (2001), The eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus, in south-east Queensland, Australia: colony demography and dynamics, activity levels, seasonal weight changes, and capture-recapture analyses
- [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 631445
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 76836
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