AnAge entry for Perameles gunnii

Classification (HAGRID: 02958)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Peramelemorphia Family: Peramelidae Genus: Perameles
Species	Perameles gunnii
Common name	Long-nosed bandicoot
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	6.1 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	91 days
Male sexual maturity	152 days
Gestation	12 days
Weaning	60 days
Litter size	2 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	65 days
Weight at birth	0.25 g
Weight at weaning	136.7 g
Adult weight	766 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0142 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	45 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	308ºK or 35.2ºC or 95.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate	1.9020 W
Body mass	695.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.002737 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 [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 552662
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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Genome Project	Search NCBI
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