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AnAge entry for Octodon degus

Classification (HAGRID: 03435)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Octodontidae
                    Genus: Octodon
SpeciesOctodon degus
Common nameDegus

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity14 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity182 days
Male sexual maturity182 days
Gestation90 days
Weaning36 days
Litter size6 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.8
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth14 g
Weight at weaning71.2 g
Adult weight235 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0323 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual124 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.9580 W
Body mass199.6 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004800 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
[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

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