AnAge entry for Dasykaluta rosamondae
Classification (HAGRID: 02457)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Dasykaluta
- Species
- Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Common name
- Little red kaluta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been reported to live for 3 years [0522]. More detailed studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 300 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 50 days
- Weaning
- 113 days
- Litter size
- 6.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 8.2 g
- Adult weight
- 30 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552605
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 33560
- Entrez
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