The mysterious Temminck's bat is a rare small species of bat from Australia. It has thick fur with a bronze tint on the muzzle, hunting insects at night using echolocation.
The mysterious Temminck's bat stands out for its rarity and bronze-colored fur on the head. It is beneficial for forests because it eats many harmful insects.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
breeding
Taxons
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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moths
beetles
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age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
rest
echolocation
Fur color
Close
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Dense tree cover forming a closed canopy habitat.
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
mosquitoes
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
aerial
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
land
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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small nocturnal moths
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Trophic type
Filters
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
insectivore
Body color
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Upcoming birthdays
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Height
birth year
nocturnal butterflies and moths
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Wanderers
Feeding occurs in open air space above ground or water.
How similar?
Wings size
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
Ears size
forest
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
from birth to adulthood
live beetles — various species
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Ears color
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Duration
Find a pet...
live mosquitoes and midges
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
This is me
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Gamers
flight
Pets
How are they built?
aerial hunting with echolocation
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
Lives in open or semi-open areas with scattered trees and shrubs.
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
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Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
active predation
Wingspan
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
midges
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
woodlands
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
world of Australasia
beetles
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
mosquitoes
°C
Not specified
Capturing or collecting food while airborne.
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Strawberry
Where are they found?
embryo
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Observations
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