AnAge entry for Cercartetus caudatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02510)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Burramyidae
Genus: Cercartetus
- Species
- Cercartetus caudatus
- Common name
- Long-tailed pygmy possum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been reported to live 3.2 years [0522].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- 77 days
- Litter size
- 2.85 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- 183 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 12 g
- Adult weight
- 30 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 609816
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 38602
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