AnAge entry for Scotinomys teguina
Classification (HAGRID: 02930)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Scotinomys
- Species
- Scotinomys teguina
- Common name
- Alston's brown mouse
- Synonyms
- Akodon irazu, Akodon teguina apricus, Scotinomys teguina cacabatus, Scotinomys teguina endersi, Scotinomys teguina episcopi, Scotinomys teguina escazuensis, Scotinomys teguina garichensis, Scotinomys teguina leridensis, Scotinomys teguina rufoniger, Scotinomys teguina stenopygius, Scotinomys teguina subnubilis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 3.7 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 34 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 49 days
- Gestation
- 31 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 2.8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 31 days
- Weight at birth
- 1.35 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1740 W
- Body mass
- 12.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.014500 W/g
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
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- ITIS 633354
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- Taxonomy ID 56236
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