AnAge entry for Ochrotomys nuttalli
Classification (HAGRID: 02908)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Ochrotomys
- Species
- Ochrotomys nuttalli
- Common name
- Golden mouse
- Synonyms
- Peromyscus nuttalli, Mus aureolus, Peromyscus nuttalli flammeus, Ochrotomys nuttalli floridanus, Peromyscus nuttalli lewisi, Ochrotomys nuttalli lisae
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been reported that captive females can produce young when as old as 6.5 years and lived 8.4 years [0434], which is plausible. One female lived 6 years in captivity [0671]. Further studies may be necessary to better estimate the longevity of these animals.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 30 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 2.7 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 25 days
- Weight at birth
- 2.7 g
- Weight at weaning
- 12.5 g
- Adult weight
- 22 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0591 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 107%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.4ºC or 97.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1510 W
- Body mass
- 19.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.007744 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
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
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- ITIS 180379
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- Taxonomy ID 56229
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