AnAge entry for Pseudomys higginsi
Classification (HAGRID: 03078)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pseudomys
- Species
- Pseudomys higginsi
- Common name
- Long-tailed mouse
- Synonyms
- Mus leucopus, Pseudomys higginsi australiensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. In the wild, they likely live less than 1.5 years, though they have been estimated to live up to 4 years [0610].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 272 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 270 days
- Gestation
- 32 days
- Weaning
- 30 days
- Litter size
- 2.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 60.1 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0331 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 585499
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 442611
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