AnAge entry for Microdipodops megacephalus
Classification (HAGRID: 02998)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Microdipodops
- Species
- Microdipodops megacephalus
- Common name
- Dark kangaroo mouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but wild-trapped specimens have been kept in captivity for 5.4 years [0544].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 13.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 306ºK or 32.8ºC or 91.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1680 W
- Body mass
- 11.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.015273 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
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0544] O'Farrell and Blaustein (1974), Microdipodops megacephalus
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180252
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 108149
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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