AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Apodemus sylvaticus

Classification (HAGRID: 03276)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Apodemus
SpeciesApodemus sylvaticus
Common nameOld World wood and field mouse

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity6.3 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One wild born specimen was about 6.3 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity71 days
Male sexual maturity65 days
Gestation23 days
Weaning21 days
Litter size5.2 (viviparous)
Litters per year3.8
Inter-litter interval41 days
Weight at birth1.5 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight23.4 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual79 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 36.7ºC or 98.1ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.2640 W
Body mass23.8 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.011092 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
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction

External resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS 585143
Animal Diversity WebADW account
Encyclopedia of LifeSearch EOL
Genome ProjectSearch NCBI
Entrez

Search all databases

Entrez Taxonomy search

Ageing literature

Search Google Scholar

Search PubMed

Search Scirus

ImagesGoogle Image search
InternetSearch Google

AnAge database at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources.

If you find any missing or incorrect data, please contact us.