AnAge entry for Meriones persicus
Classification (HAGRID: 03049)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Meriones
- Species
- Meriones persicus
- Common name
- Persian jird
- Synonyms
- Meriones ambrosius, Meriones rossicus, Tatera suschkini, Meriones persicus baptistae, Meriones persicus gurganensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- 19 days
- Litter size
- 4.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 100 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 60%
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
- [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 632982
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
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- Internet
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