AnAge entry for Rhinolophus megaphyllus

Classification (HAGRID: 02028)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Rhinolophidae
                    Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus megaphyllus
Common name: Smaller horseshoe bat

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: A captured juvenile female was 7.5 years old [0563]. Considering the longevity of similar species, however, maximum longevity could be much longer and is thus classified as unknown.

: 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)
[0424] Wilkinson and South (2002), Life history, ecology and longevity in bats (PubMed)
[0563] Young (2001), The eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus, in south-east Queensland, Australia: colony demography and dynamics, activity levels, seasonal weight changes, and capture-recapture analyses
[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