AnAge entry for Tarsipes rostratus

Classification (HAGRID: 02901)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Diprotodontia Family: Tarsipedidae Genus: Tarsipes
Species	Tarsipes rostratus
Common name	Honey possum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	Not yet established
Observations	At birth, these animals are the smallest among mammals. Little is known about their longevity, but they appear to live at least 2 years in the wild [0573], but possibly longer.
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	167 days
Male sexual maturity	167 days
Gestation	24 days
Weaning	90 days
Litter size	3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	122 days
Weight at birth	0.004 g
Weight at weaning	3 g
Adult weight	9 g
Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	310ºK or 36.6ºC or 97.9ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.1620 W
Body mass	10.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.016200 W/g
References
[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 [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials [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 [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 609844
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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Ageing literature	Search Google Scholar Search PubMed Search Scirus
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Internet	Search Google

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