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AnAge entry for Tatera indica

Classification (HAGRID: 03413)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Tatera
SpeciesTatera indica
Common nameIndian gerbil

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity7 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 7 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity77 days
Male sexual maturity91 days
Gestation26 days
Weaning24 days
Litter size5.4 (viviparous)
Litters per year4.2
Inter-litter interval48 days
Weight at birth3 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight146.7 g
Postnatal growth rate0.024 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual66 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.4220 W
Body mass86.9 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004856 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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0571] National Gerbil Society

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