AnAge entry for Paraxerus cepapi

Classification (HAGRID: 03469)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Paraxerus
Species	Paraxerus cepapi
Common name	Smith's bush squirrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	Not yet established
Observations	Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 9.6 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	185 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	57 days
Weaning	40 days
Litter size	2 (viviparous)
Litters per year	2
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	12.88 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	216 g
Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	312ºK or 39.1ºC or 102.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.8110 W
Body mass	223.6 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.003627 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 [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 632395
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account (if available)
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