AnAge entry for Acrobates pygmaeus

Classification (HAGRID: 02833)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Acrobatidae Genus: Acrobates
Species	Acrobates pygmaeus
Common name	Pygmy gliding possum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	8.8 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	high
Observations	In zoos, these animals have been known to live up to 8.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	240 days
Male sexual maturity	365 days
Gestation
Weaning	99 days
Litter size	3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	114 days
Weight at birth	0.0178 g
Weight at weaning	5.65 g
Adult weight	13 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0254 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	121 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	308ºK or 34.7ºC or 94.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.0840 W
Body mass	14.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.006000 W/g
References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 609845
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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