AnAge entry for Dendromus melanotis
Classification (HAGRID: 03100)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Dendromus
- Species
- Dendromus melanotis
- Common name
- Gray climbing mouse
- Synonyms
- Dendromus arenarius, Dendromus concinnus, Dendromus exoneratus, Dendromys nigrifrons, Dendromus spectabilis, Dendromys subtilis, Dendromus melanotis basuticus, Dendromus melanotis capensis, Dendromus melanotis chiversi, Poemys melanotis insignis, Dendromus melanotis pretoriae, Dendromus nigrifrons shortridgei, Dendromus melanotis thorntoni, Dendromus nigrifrons vulturnus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 25 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 7.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 63%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632706
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Images
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- Internet
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