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AnAge entry for Perognathus longimembris

Classification (HAGRID: 03249)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Heteromyidae
                    Genus: Perognathus
SpeciesPerognathus longimembris
Common nameLittle pocket mouse

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity8.3 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 434
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Specimens have been reported to live 8.3 years in the laboratory [0434].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity151 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation22 days
Weaning28 days
Litter size5 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.25
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth0.9 g
Weight at weaning4 g
Adult weight8 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0766 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual123 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature308ºK or 34.7ºC or 94.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.0610 W
Body mass8.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.007176 W/g

References
[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
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[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

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