AnAge entry for Otospermophilus variegatus
Classification (HAGRID: 03144)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Otospermophilus
- Species
- Otospermophilus variegatus
- Common name
- Rock squirrel
- Synonyms
- Spermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus buccatus, Spermophilus macrourus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 421 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 30 days
- Weaning
- 53 days
- Litter size
- 4.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 7.8 g
- Weight at weaning
- 100 g
- Adult weight
- 663 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 74%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 930302
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 45472
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