AnAge entry for Chaetodipus formosus
Classification (HAGRID: 02988)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Chaetodipus
- Species
- Chaetodipus formosus
- Common name
- Long-tailed pocket mouse
- Synonyms
- Perognathus formosus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 647
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It is estimated that these animals can live up to 5 years in the wild [0573]. Record longevity in captivity is 7.1 years [0647].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 28 days
- Weaning
- 25 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 1 g
- Weight at weaning
- 8 g
- Adult weight
- 19 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 92%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1030 W
- Body mass
- 15.1 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006821 W/g
References
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0647] Egoscue et al. (1970), Some fecundity and longevity records for captive small mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552482
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 38678
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