AnAge entry for Macropus rufogriseus
Classification (HAGRID: 02535)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Macropus
- Species
- Macropus rufogriseus
- Common name
- Red-necked wallaby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 15.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been reported to live up to 19 years [0522], which is not impossible but appears a bit dubious. Estimates of animals living 18.6 years in the wild have been reported [0434]. There are also anecdotal reports of some animals living more than 20 years. These are common animals in zoos, however, and record longevity in captivity is only 15.2 years [0671]. Further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 395 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 608 days
- Gestation
- 29 days
- Weaning
- 187 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 273 days
- Weight at birth
- 0.598 g
- Weight at weaning
- 1,483 g
- Adult weight
- 16,200 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 70%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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 552739
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9320
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