AnAge entry for Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Classification (HAGRID: 02065)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Vespertilionidae
                    Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Common name: Common pipistrelle

IMR: 0.36/year
MRDT: 4 years
Maximum longevity: 16.6 years (wild)
Source: ref. 970
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Record longevity in the wild is 16.6 years [0970]. There are some discrepancies regarding age at sexual maturity with estimates ranging from 3 months to over one year.

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[0971] Jones et al. (2003), Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats (PubMed)
[0970] Gaisler et al. (2003), Results of bat banding in the Czech and Slovak Republics, 1948-2000 (in Czech)
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves