AnAge entry for Potorous tridactylus

Classification (HAGRID: 02897)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Potoroidae Genus: Potorous
Species	Potorous tridactylus
Common name	Potoroo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	14.5 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	400 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	30 days
Weaning	154 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	145 days
Weight at birth	0.333 g
Weight at weaning	118 g
Adult weight	1,430 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0122 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	97 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 35.9ºC or 96.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate	2.5560 W
Body mass	1045.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.002445 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 [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 [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 552706
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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Internet	Search Google

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