AnAge entry for Microtus agrestis
Classification (HAGRID: 02887)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Microtus
- Species
- Microtus agrestis
- Common name
- Field vole
- Synonyms
- Microtus arcturus, Arvicola bailloni, Arvicola britannicus, Mus gregarius, Arvicola hirta, Lemmus insularis, Arvicola intermedia, Arvicola levernedii, Microtus macgillivrayi, Arvicola neglectus, Arvicola rozianus, Arvicola agrestis angustifrons, Microtus agrestis argyropoli, Microtus agrestis estiae, Microtus agrestis exsul, Microtus agrestis fiona, Microtus agrestis insul, Arvicola agrestis latifrons, Microtus agrestis luch, Microtus agrestis mial, Microtus agrestis mongol, Arvicola agrestis nigra, Mus arvalis nigricans, Microtus agrestis ognevi, Microtus hirtus orioecus, Microtus agrestis pannonicus, Microtus agrestis punctus, Arvicola agrestis rufa, Microtus agrestis tridentinus, Microtus agrestis wettsteini
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Voles, in general, are short-lived and show seasonal population crashes, probably due to lack of food. One captive specimen lived 4.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 36 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 42 days
- Gestation
- 21 days
- Weaning
- 13 days
- Litter size
- 4.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.6
- Inter-litter interval
- 20 days
- Weight at birth
- 2.3 g
- Weight at weaning
- 8.9 g
- Adult weight
- 46 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 54%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.3670 W
- Body mass
- 25.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.014680 W/g
References
- [0421] Selman et al. (2008), The impact of experimentally elevated energy expenditure on oxidative stress and lifespan in the short-tailed field vole Microtus agrestis (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632855
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- Taxonomy ID 29092
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