AnAge entry for Sicista betulina
Classification (HAGRID: 02959)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Sicista
- Species
- Sicista betulina
- Common name
- Northern birch mouse
- Synonyms
- Sicista montana, Sicista norvegica, Sminthus tatricus, Sicista betulina taigica
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In the wild, these animals live up to 3.5 years [0542]. Without further longevity studies, namely in captivity, their maximum longevity is considered unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 31 days
- Weaning
- 38 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1790 W
- Body mass
- 10.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.017900 W/g
References
- [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
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 609767
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 489448
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