AnAge entry for Microtus richardsoni
Classification (HAGRID: 02896)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Microtus
- Species
- Microtus richardsoni
- Common name
- Water vole
- Synonyms
- Arvicola richardsoni, Aulacomys arvicoloides, Arvicola macropus, Microtus principalis, Microtus richardsoni myllodontus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In the wild, these animals are estimated to live up to 1.5 years [0542]. Without further studies, however, their maximum longevity is unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 22 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 5.8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5.05 g
- Weight at weaning
- 31.1 g
- Adult weight
- 51 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.7ºC or 101.7ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7010 W
- Body mass
- 64.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.010868 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
- [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 180315
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 111840
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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