AnAge entry for Dryomys nitedula
Classification (HAGRID: 03528)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Myoxidae
Genus: Dryomys
- Species
- Dryomys nitedula
- Common name
- Forest dormouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been estimated to live up to 4 years in the wild [0542]. One captive specimen lived 4.1 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 28 days
- Weaning
- 30 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 1.73 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 26 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 51%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0570] glirarium.org
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- ITIS 584967
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