Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis)

Lecture XII: Reproduction and Life History Strategies

Spermatogenic Cycle

L'Hoest's monkeyCercopithecus lhoesti

Howler MonkeyAlouatta pigra

Microtus montanus

Dipodomys ingens

Mechanisms for Optimizing Birth Timing

Myotis ciliolabrum (Western small-footed myotis)

Artibeus lituratus (Big Fruit-eating Bat)

1) Delayed fertilization

2) Delayed development

Mechanisms for Optimizing Birth Timing

3) Delayed implantation(Chiroptera, Carnivora, Xenarthra, Artiodactyla)

4) Embryonic Diapause(Macropods)