AnAge entry for Marmota marmota
Classification (HAGRID: 03141)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Marmota
- Species
- Marmota marmota
- Common name
- Alpine marmot
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals live up to 13-15 years [0434]. One wild born specimen was still alive at about 17.4 years of age [0671]. There are also anecdotal reports of animals living over 18 years.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 35 days
- Weaning
- 47 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 914 days
- Weight at birth
- 30 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 102%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1253] Berger et al. (2016), Age-specific survival in the socially monogamous alpine marmot ( Marmota marmota ): evidence of senescence
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0272] Anderson and King (1988), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy in multiple aged mammalian species (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632383
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9993
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