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AnAge entry for Cricetus cricetus

Classification (HAGRID: 03293)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Cricetus
SpeciesCricetus cricetus
Common nameBlack-bellied hamster

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity3.6 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

It has been estimated that they live up to 4 years in the wild [0542], which is dubious. Record longevity in captivity belongs to one wild born specimen that was about 3.6 years of age when it died [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity43 days
Male sexual maturity56 days
Gestation20 days
Weaning23 days
Litter size7 (viviparous)
Litters per year2
Inter-litter interval131 days
Weight at birth7 g
Weight at weaning105 g
Adult weight506.7 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual28 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature313ºK or 39.5ºC or 103.1ºF
Basal metabolic rate1.2510 W
Body mass365.3 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.003425 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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0272] Anderson and King (1988), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy in multiple aged mammalian species, PubMed
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction

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