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AnAge entry for Peromyscus californicus

Classification (HAGRID: 03367)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Peromyscus
SpeciesPeromyscus californicus
Common nameCalifornia mouse

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity5.5 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One specimen lived 5.5 years in captivity until it escapted [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity46 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation30 days
Weaning30 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year4.6
Inter-litter interval24 days
Weight at birth4.46 g
Weight at weaning18.6 g
Adult weight42 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual63 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 36.4ºC or 97.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.2670 W
Body mass47.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.005681 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
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[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
[0773] PeroBase

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