AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Tamias quadrivittatus

Classification (HAGRID: 03513)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Sciuridae
                    Genus: Tamias
SpeciesTamias quadrivittatus
Common nameColorado chipmunk

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevityNot yet established
Observations

Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been estimated to live up to 8 years in the wild [0511].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity319 days
Male sexual maturity319 days
Gestation31 days
Weaning46 days
Litter size4.4 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth2.5 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight70 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0238 days-1 (from Gompertz function)

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[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
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World

External resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS 180201
Animal Diversity WebADW account
Encyclopedia of LifeSearch EOL
Genome ProjectSearch NCBI
Entrez

Search all databases

Entrez Taxonomy search

Ageing literature

Search Google Scholar

Search PubMed

Search Scirus

ImagesGoogle Image search
InternetSearch Google

AnAge database at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources.

If you find any missing or incorrect data, please contact us.