AnAge entry for Lagurus lagurus
Classification (HAGRID: 02881)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Lagurus
- Species
- Lagurus lagurus
- Common name
- Steppe lemming
- Synonyms
- Lagurus migratorius, Lagurus lagurus abacanicus, Lagurus lagurus altorum, Lagurus lagurus occidentalis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 38 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 44 days
- Gestation
- 20 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 4.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 5
- Inter-litter interval
- 25 days
- Weight at birth
- 1.35 g
- Weight at weaning
- 5.8 g
- Adult weight
- 20.3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 49%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [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 632849
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 175522
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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