AnAge entry for Macropus parryi
Classification (HAGRID: 02533)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Macropus
- Species
- Macropus parryi
- Common name
- Whiptail wallaby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In the wild these animals have been estimated to live up to 10 years [0542]. It also has been reported that they can live up to 14 years [0522]. Their maximum longevity could be much longer, though, and further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 745 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 883 days
- Gestation
- 36 days
- Weaning
- 365 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 266 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 16,500 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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552737
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9318
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