AnAge entry for Steatomys pratensis
Classification (HAGRID: 03105)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Steatomys
- Species
- Steatomys pratensis
- Common name
- Fat mouse
- Synonyms
- Steatomys edulis, Steatomys natalensis, Steatomys pratensis maunensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 3.8 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4.7 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 1.55 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 25.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 307ºK or 34.1ºC or 93.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1050 W
- Body mass
- 37.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002800 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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
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- ITIS 632724
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