AnAge entry for Onychogalea fraenata
Classification (HAGRID: 02172)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Onychogalea
- Species
- Onychogalea fraenata
- Common name
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby, or Ridled nail-tailed wallaby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One animal in captivity lived for 7.4 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 185 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 23 days
- Weaning
- 165 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 125 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 1,900 g
- Adult weight
- 5,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 40%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552741
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 114227
- Entrez
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