AnAge entry for Cricetus cricetus

Classification (HAGRID: 02875)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Cricetidae
                    Genus: Cricetus
Species: Cricetus cricetus
Common name: Black-bellied hamster
Synonyms: Cricetus frumentarius, Heliomys jeudii, Cricetus nehringi, Hamster nigricans, Cricetus polychroma, Cricetus vulgaris, Cricetus vulgaris albus, Cricetus vulgaris babylonicus, Cricetus vulgaris canescens, Mus cricetus fulvus, Cricetus cricetus fuscidorsis, Mus cricetus germanicus, Cricetus cricetus latycranius, Cricetus vulgaris niger, Cricetus vulgaris niger, Cricetus vulgaris rufescens, Cricetus vulgaris stavropolicus, Cricetus cricetus tauricus, Cricetus cricetus tomensis, Cricetus vulgaris varius

Maximum longevity: 3.6 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: It has been estimated that they live up to 4 years in the wild [0542], which is dubious. Record longevity in captivity belongs to one wild born specimen that was about 3.6 years of age when it died [0671].

[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)
[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
[0272] Anderson and King (1988), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy in multiple aged mammalian species (PubMed)
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction