AnAge entry for Apodemus agrarius
Classification (HAGRID: 03019)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apodemus
- Species
- Apodemus agrarius
- Common name
- Striped field mouse
- Synonyms
- Mus harti, Mus ningpoensis, Mus rubens, Mus agrarius albostriatus, Apodemus agrarius caucasicus, Apodemus agrarius coreae, Apodemus agrarius gloveri, Apodemus agrarius insulaemus, Mus agrarius maculatus, Mus agrarius mantchuricus, Apodemus agrarius nikolskii, Apodemus agrarius ognevi, Apodemus agrarius pallidior, Apodemus agrarius septentrionalis, Apodemus agrarius tianschanicus, Apodemus agrarius volgensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
It has been reported that these animals live up to 4 years in captivity [0542], which has not been verified. Record longevity in captivity is 2.2 years [0671]. Further studies are necessary to better estimate the maximum longevity of this species.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 76 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 76 days
- Gestation
- 22 days
- Weaning
- 27 days
- Litter size
- 5.7 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.2
- Inter-litter interval
- 20 days
- Weight at birth
- 1.9 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 21.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.3730 W
- Body mass
- 21.2 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.017594 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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 585125
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 39030
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