AnAge entry for Perognathus flavescens
Classification (HAGRID: 03000)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Perognathus
- Species
- Perognathus flavescens
- Common name
- Plains pocket mouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One common age-related condition is tooth wear. They probably do not live more than one to two years, though a maximum longevity of 5 years has been suggested [0610].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 84 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4.75 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 9 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0626] Monk and Jones (1996), Perognathus flavescens
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180261
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- Taxonomy ID 38675
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