AnAge entry for Muscardinus avellanarius
Classification (HAGRID: 02986)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Muscardinus
- Species
- Muscardinus avellanarius
- Common name
- Hazel dormouse
- Synonyms
- Mus corilinum, Myoxus muscardinus, Muscardinus pulcher, Myoxus speciosus, Muscardinus trapezius, Muscardinus avellanarius anglicus, Muscardinus avellanarius niveus, Muscardinus avellanarius zeus, Muscardinus avellanarius abanticus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum known lifespan in the wild is 4 years [0434]. It has been reported that these animals live up to 6 years in captivity [0001], which is possible but unverified. Record longevity in captivity is 5.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 335 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 335 days
- Gestation
- 23 days
- Weaning
- 39 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 50 days
- Weight at birth
- 0.8 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 27.3 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 65%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.3510 W
- Body mass
- 23.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.014936 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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0570] glirarium.org
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584974
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 39082
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