AnAge entry for Distoechurus pennatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02508)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Acrobatidae
Genus: Distoechurus
- Species
- Distoechurus pennatus
- Common name
- Feather-tailed possum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
One specimen lived about 1.5 years in captivity [0434], and these animals have been known to live for 2 years [0522]. Without further studies, however, the maximum longevity of this species cannot be correctly estimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 51.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [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 609846
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- Taxonomy ID 38614
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