AnAge entry for Ochotona collaris
Classification (HAGRID: 02608)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Ochotonidae
Genus: Ochotona
- Species
- Ochotona collaris
- Common name
- Collared pika
- Synonyms
- Lagomys collaris
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. In the wild, they have been estimated to live up to 6 years [0542].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 30 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 9 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 129 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [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 180108
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 134600
- Entrez
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