AnAge entry for Artibeus jamaicensis

Classification (HAGRID: 01986)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Artibeus
Species: Artibeus jamaicensis
Common name: Jamaican fruit-eating bat

Maximum longevity: 19.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One 19.2 year old specimen was still alive in captivity [0671].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0971] Jones et al. (2003), Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats (PubMed)
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data