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AnAge entry for Monodelphis domestica

Classification (HAGRID: 02830)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Didelphimorphia
                Family: Didelphidae
                    Genus: Monodelphis
SpeciesMonodelphis domestica
Common nameShorttailed opossum

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity5.1 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 5.1 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity122 days
Male sexual maturity122 days
Gestation15 days
Weaning53 days
Litter size9 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval53 days
Weight at birth0.1 g
Weight at weaning20.3 g
Adult weight105 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual51 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature306ºK or 32.6ºC or 90.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.3350 W
Body mass104.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.003221 W/g

References
[0481] Austad (2005), Diverse aging rates in metazoans: targets for functional genomics, PubMed
[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
[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
[0096] Hubbard et al. (1991), Ontogeny of the thymus gland of a marsupial (Monodelphis domestica), PubMed

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