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How old does a Silver-haired bat get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Silver-haired bat reaches?

An adult Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) usually gets as old as 12 years.

Silver-haired bats are around 53 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 4.1 cm (0′ 2″). As a member of the Vespertilionidae family (genus: Lasionycteris), a Silver-haired bat caries out around 1 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 1 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 1.47 meter (4′ 11″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Silver-haired bat gets as old as 12 years

The silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.

Animals of the same family as a Silver-haired bat

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Vespertilionidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Silver-haired bat

With an average age of 12 years, Silver-haired bat are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Silver-haired bat

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Silver-haired bat

A fully grown Silver-haired bat reaches around 11 grams (0.02 lbs). So do these animals: