AnAge entry for Mormopterus planiceps

Classification (HAGRID: 01980)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Chiroptera (Taxon entry)
                Family: Molossidae
                    Genus: Mormopterus
Species: Mormopterus planiceps
Common name: Southern free-tailed bat
Synonyms: Nyctinomus planiceps

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 6.5 years in captivity [0671]. Females reach sexual maturity in their first year but males probably only later [0455].

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data