AnAge entry for Cynopterus brachyotis

Classification (HAGRID: 01999)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Pteropodidae
                    Genus: Cynopterus
Species: Cynopterus brachyotis
Common name: Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Maximum longevity: 10.1 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One specimen was still alive after 10.1 years in captivity [0671].

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

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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)
[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