AnAge entry for Meriones libycus
Classification (HAGRID: 03421)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Meriones
- Species
- Meriones libycus
- Common name
- Libyan jird
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Record longevity in captivity is 5.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 91 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- 30 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5.33 g
- Weight at weaning
- 45 g
- Adult weight
- 100 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 52%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632980
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