AnAge entry for Cannomys badius

Classification (HAGRID: 03282)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Cannomys
Species	Cannomys badius
Common name	Lesser bamboo rat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	4.8 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One captive specimen was still alive after 4.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	42 days
Weaning	61 days
Litter size	1.8 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	7 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	650 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0145 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	36 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.9600 W
Body mass	344.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.002791 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 [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 632757
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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