AnAge entry for Eptesicus fuscus

Classification (HAGRID: 02033)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Eptesicus
Species: Eptesicus fuscus
Common name: Big brown bat

Maximum longevity: 19 years (wild)
Source: ref. 424
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: They have been recorded to live up to 19 years in the wild [0424].

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

[1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
[0912] Brown et al. (2009), Examining the mechanisms responsible for lower ROS release rates in liver mitochondria from the long-lived house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) compared to the short-lived mouse (Mus musculus) (PubMed)
[0715] Lorenzini et al. (2005), Cellular replicative capacity correlates primarily with species body mass not longevity (PubMed)
[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)
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves