AnAge entry for Tatera afra

Classification (HAGRID: 03412)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Tatera
Species	Tatera afra
Common name	Cape gerbil
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	5.7 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One specimen lived 5.7 years in captivity [0671]. Age at sexual maturity largely depends on the season of birth [0455].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	152 days
Male sexual maturity	115 days
Gestation	23 days
Weaning
Litter size	(viviparous)
Litters per year	6.5
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	4.5 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	74.8 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	60 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	307ºK or 34.0ºC or 93.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate	1.0160 W
Body mass	106.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.009540 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 [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant 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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 632997
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account (if available)
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