AnAge entry for Dipodomys nitratoides
Classification (HAGRID: 02994)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Dipodomys
- Species
- Dipodomys nitratoides
- Common name
- Fresno kangaroo rat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one captive specimen lived 7 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 88 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 34 days
- Weaning
- 27 days
- Litter size
- 2.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 3.18 g
- Weight at weaning
- 20 g
- Adult weight
- 35.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2040 W
- Body mass
- 37.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005397 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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180243
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 323374
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