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AnAge entry for Phascogale tapoatafa

Classification (HAGRID: 02793)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Dasyuromorphia
                Family: Dasyuridae
                    Genus: Phascogale
SpeciesPhascogale tapoatafa
Common nameTuan

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity5.9 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Males are only reproductively viable for one breeding season. Females in the wild can breed for a second year. One captive specimen was at least 5.9 years old when it died [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity365 days
Male sexual maturity365 days
Gestation29 days
Weaning122 days
Litter size6.4 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning70 g
Adult weight193.5 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual54 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.4ºC or 99.3ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.6940 W
Body mass153.7 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004515 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
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[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

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