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AnAge entry for Lemmus lemmus

Classification (HAGRID: 03311)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Lemmus
SpeciesLemmus lemmus
Common nameNorway lemming

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity3.3 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One specimen lived at least 3.3 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity24 days
Male sexual maturity44 days
Gestation19 days
Weaning15 days
Litter size7 (viviparous)
Litters per year2.5
Inter-litter interval26 days
Weight at birth3.8 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight70 g
Postnatal growth rate0.022 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual35 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.8ºC or 100.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate1.0710 W
Body mass80.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.013388 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
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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