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AnAge entry for Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Classification (HAGRID: 02803)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Dasyuromorphia
                Family: Dasyuridae
                    Genus: Sminthopsis
SpeciesSminthopsis crassicaudata
Common nameFat-tailed dunnart

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

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

In the wild, these animals do not live more than 1.5 years [0434]. One captive specimen was at least 5 years old when it died [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity115 days
Male sexual maturity159 days
Gestation14 days
Weaning69 days
Litter size7 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval94 days
Weight at birth0.01 g
Weight at weaning6.5 g
Adult weight15 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual67 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature308ºK or 35.2ºC or 95.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.1210 W
Body mass16.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.007562 W/g

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
[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
[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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