AnAge entry for Macrotus californicus

Classification (HAGRID: 01993)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phyllostomidae
                    Genus: Macrotus
Species: Macrotus californicus
Common name: California leaf-nosed bat

Maximum longevity: 17 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: While they may reach sexual maturity earlier, males do not mate until they are at least one year-old. These animals feature diapause [0455]. One captive specimen was about 17 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. These animals have been reported to live up to 10.4 years in the wild [0424], though this could be due to confusion with Macrotus waterhousii.

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

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[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
[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