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AnAge entry for Isoodon macrourus

Classification (HAGRID: 02955)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Peramelemorphia
                Family: Peramelidae
                    Genus: Isoodon
SpeciesIsoodon macrourus
Common nameBrindled bandicoot

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity6.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Among all mammals, this animal has the shortest gestation period recorded. One captive animal lived for 6.8 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity122 days
Male sexual maturity200 days
Gestation12 days
Weaning60 days
Litter size4 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval58 days
Weight at birth0.1883 g
Weight at weaning100 g
Adult weight1,600 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0145 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual45 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature309ºK or 35.9ºC or 96.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate3.2020 W
Body mass1551.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002064 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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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