AnAge entry for Ctenomys talarum

Classification (HAGRID: 03434)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Octodontidae Genus: Ctenomys
Species	Ctenomys talarum
Common name	Tuco-tuco
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	Not yet established
Observations	In the wild, these animals live on average less than 3 years. Their maximum longevity is not known.
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	243 days
Male sexual maturity	243 days
Gestation	102 days
Weaning	36 days
Litter size	4 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	8 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	100 g
Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 36.1ºC or 97.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.6110 W
Body mass	121.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.005050 W/g
References
[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 [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 584773
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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Genome Project	Search NCBI
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