AnAge entry for Arvicola amphibius
Classification (HAGRID: 02872)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Arvicola
- Species
- Arvicola amphibius
- Common name
- European water vole
- Synonyms
- Arvicola terrestris, Arvicola americana, Lemmus aquaticus, Nesokia argyropus, Arvicola destructor, Arvicola musignani, Mus paludosus, Arvicola pertinax, Arvicola tanaitica, Mus terrestris, Arvicola terrestris abrukensis, Hypudaeus terrestris aquaticus, Microtus terrestris armenius, Hypudaeus terrestris ater, Microtus terrestris barabensis, Arvicola amphibius brigantium, Arvicola terrestris caucasicus, Arvicola terrestris cubanensis, Arvicola amphibius djukovi, Arvicola terrestris ferrugineus, Arvicola musignani fuliginosus, Arvicola terrestris hintoni, Microtus terrestris hyperryphaeus, Microtus musignani illyricus, Arvicola amphibius italicus, Arvicola terrestris jacutensis, Microtus terrestris karatshaicus, Arvicola terrestris korabensis, Arvicola amphibius kuruschi, Arvicola terrestris kuznetzovi, Hypudaeus terrestris littoralis, Arvicola amphibius meridionalis, Arvicola amphibius minor, Arvicola amphibius nigricans, Arvicola terrestris obensis, Arvicola terrestris ognevi, Arvicola amphibius persicus, Arvicola amphibius reta, Microtus terrestris rufescens, Arvicola terrestris scythicus, Arvicola terrestris tataricus, Arvicola terrestris turovi, Arvicola terrestris variabilis, Arvicola terrestris volgensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals live on average less than 6 months in the wild. It has been reported that they live up to 5 years in captivity [0434], which is doubtful even if not impossible. Record longevity in captivity is 2.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 51 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 45 days
- Gestation
- 21 days
- Weaning
- 14 days
- Litter size
- 5.1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.2
- Inter-litter interval
- 32 days
- Weight at birth
- 5 g
- Weight at weaning
- 42 g
- Adult weight
- 120 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0573 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 24%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.5ºC or 99.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.6130 W
- Body mass
- 94.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006473 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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
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- ITIS 970588
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