AnAge entry for Poecilogale albinucha

Classification (HAGRID: 02551)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Genus: Poecilogale
Species	Poecilogale albinucha
Common name	White-naped weasel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	Not yet established
Observations	Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one wild born couple was still living in captivity at about 6 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	439 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	32 days
Weaning	65 days
Litter size	2.2 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1.2
Inter-litter interval	240 days
Weight at birth	4 g
Weight at weaning	50 g
Adult weight	280 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0255 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism available.
References
[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation, PubMed [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals [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 [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 621957
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