AnAge entry for Pogonomys macrourus
Classification (HAGRID: 03072)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pogonomys
- Species
- Pogonomys macrourus
- Common name
- Chestnut pogonomys, or Long-tailed tree mouse
- Synonyms
- Pogonomys lepidus, Mus mollipilosus, Pogonomys lepidus derimapa, Pogonomys lepidus huon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 57 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 34%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 585472
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 442600
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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