Reproductive Cycle of the California Leaf-Nosed Bat, Macrotus californicus
- 18 May 1962
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3516) , 645-646
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3516.645
Abstract
Spermatogenesis is limited to summer and fall, and females are inseminated during the fall concurrent with ovulation and fertilization. While most of the embryonic development is deferred until March, there is slow growth of embryo and placenta during the winter. This sequence is termed "delayed development." Birth is in June, and the young bats are able to join the forage flights by August.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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