AnAge entry for Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

Classification (HAGRID: 02878)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Petauridae Genus: Gymnobelideus
Species	Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Common name	Leadbeater's possum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	14.1 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	tiny
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One captive animal was at least 14.1 years when it died [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	475 days
Male sexual maturity	464 days
Gestation	16 days
Weaning	115 days
Litter size	1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	183 days
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning	34 g
Adult weight	127 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	137 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	308ºK or 35.0ºC or 95.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.5740 W
Body mass	166.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.003458 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 [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 609838
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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