AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Myoxus glis

Classification (HAGRID: 03432)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Myoxidae
                    Genus: Myoxus
SpeciesMyoxus glis
Common nameFat dormouse

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity8.7 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One animal lived 8.7 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity322 days
Male sexual maturity335 days
Gestation25 days
Weaning33 days
Litter size4 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.2
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth1.5 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight125 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual85 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.7ºC or 99.9ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.6640 W
Body mass174.4 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.003807 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
[0570] glirarium.org

External resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS 584976
Animal Diversity WebADW account (if available)
Encyclopedia of LifeSearch EOL
Genome ProjectSearch NCBI
Entrez

Search all databases

Entrez Taxonomy search

Ageing literature

Search Google Scholar

Search PubMed

Search Scirus

ImagesGoogle Image search
InternetSearch Google

AnAge database at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources.

If you find any missing or incorrect data, please contact us.