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AnAge entry for Isoodon obesulus

Classification (HAGRID: 02956)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Peramelemorphia
                Family: Peramelidae
                    Genus: Isoodon
SpeciesIsoodon obesulus
Common nameSouthern brown bandicoot

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity6.5 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen was at least 6.5 years old when it died [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity210 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation
Weaning62 days
Litter size2.73 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval140 days
Weight at birth0.35 g
Weight at weaning125 g
Adult weight700 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0135 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual48 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature307ºK or 33.9ºC or 93.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate1.2380 W
Body mass717.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001727 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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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