AnAge entry for Eligmodontia typus
Classification (HAGRID: 02879)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Eligmodontia
- Species
- Eligmodontia typus
- Common name
- Highland gerbil mouse
- Synonyms
- Eligmodontia marica, Mus elegans, Graomys hypogaeus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In captivity, these animals live on average six months and up to 1.5 years [0498]. It is possible that there are technical problems in keeping these animals in captivity and thus maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 49 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 18 days
- Weaning
- 18 days
- Litter size
- 5.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 1.725 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 21.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.4ºC or 97.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1670 W
- Body mass
- 17.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.009543 W/g
References
- [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)
- [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
- [0498] Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 633113
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- Taxonomy ID 56221
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