AnAge entry for Parantechinus apicalis
Classification (HAGRID: 02465)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Parantechinus
- Species
- Parantechinus apicalis
- Common name
- Southern dibbler
- Synonyms
- Antechinus apicalis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals are expected to live more than 3 years in the wild [0542]. One specimen lived 5.5 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 315 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 315 days
- Gestation
- 48 days
- Weaning
- 122 days
- Litter size
- 8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 70 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 58%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552619
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9291
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