AnAge entry for Antechinus flavipes

Classification (HAGRID: 02777)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Genus: Antechinus
Species	Antechinus flavipes
Common name	Yellow-footed marsupial mouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	3.9 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	345 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	25 days
Weaning	90 days
Litter size	7 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	365 days
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	45 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0351 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	44 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	308ºK or 35.0ºC or 95.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.2520 W
Body mass	46.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.005419 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 [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials [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 552594
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account (if available)
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Genome Project	Search NCBI
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