AnAge entry for Dendrolagus matschiei

Classification (HAGRID: 02843)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Macropodidae Genus: Dendrolagus
Species	Dendrolagus matschiei
Common name	Matschie's tree kangaroo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	26.9 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	845 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	32 days
Weaning	500 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	410 days
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	7,200 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	141 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 36.3ºC or 97.3ºF
Basal metabolic rate	7.9600 W
Body mass	6960.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.001144 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 [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials [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 [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 552712
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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Internet	Search Google

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