AnAge entry for Sminthopsis virginiae
Classification (HAGRID: 02483)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
- Species
- Sminthopsis virginiae
- Common name
- Red-cheeked dunnart
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals do not appear to live more than 1.3 years. One specimen in captivity lived for 5.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 230 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 15 days
- Weaning
- 80 days
- Litter size
- 2.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 91 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 19 g
- Adult weight
- 34 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 63%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [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 552652
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 90767
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