AnAge entry for Microtus guentheri
Classification (HAGRID: 02890)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Microtus
- Species
- Microtus guentheri
- Common name
- Guenther's vole
- Synonyms
- Microtus hartingi, Microtus lydius, Microtus mustersi, Microtus philistinus, Microtus guentheri shevketi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.9 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.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 60 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 95 days
- Gestation
- 21 days
- Weaning
- 18 days
- Litter size
- 6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 29 days
- Weight at birth
- 3 g
- Weight at weaning
- 15 g
- Adult weight
- 51.6 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 43%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.3ºC or 100.9ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.4470 W
- Body mass
- 43.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.010205 W/g
References
- [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
- [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
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632866
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 269655
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- Ageing Literature
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