AnAge entry for Neotoma cinerea

Classification (HAGRID: 03353)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Neotoma
Species	Neotoma cinerea
Common name	Bushy-tailed woodrat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	Not yet established
Observations	Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one captive specimen lived for 5.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	353 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	30 days
Weaning	27 days
Litter size	3.68 (viviparous)
Litters per year	2
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	13.5 g
Weight at weaning	107 g
Adult weight	335.5 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0442 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	Not yet available
Basal metabolic rate	1.1520 W
Body mass	256.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.004491 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 [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals [0623] Smith (1997), Neotoma cinerea [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 180371
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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