AnAge entry for Planigale gilesi

Classification (HAGRID: 02468)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Dasyuromorphia
                Family: Dasyuridae
                    Genus: Planigale
Species: Planigale gilesi
Common name: Paucident planigale

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. They have been reported to live up to 5 years [0522], which is plausible but unverified.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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)
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data