AnAge entry for Bettongia penicillata

Classification (HAGRID: 02894)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Potoroidae Genus: Bettongia
Species	Bettongia penicillata
Common name	Woylie
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	18.8 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One specimen lived 18.8 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	180 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	18 days
Weaning	150 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	102 days
Weight at birth	0.29 g
Weight at weaning	500 g
Adult weight	1,500 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	125 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	310ºK or 37.2ºC or 99.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	3.1320 W
Body mass	1018.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.003077 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 [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data [0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 552701
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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