AnAge entry for Allactaga elater
Classification (HAGRID: 02952)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Allactaga
- Species
- Allactaga elater
- Common name
- Small five-toed jerboa
- Synonyms
- Allactaga aralychensis, Allactaga bactriana, Allactaga indica, Allactaga elater caucasicus, Allactaga elater kizljaricus, Allactaga elater dzungariae, Allactaga elater strandi, Allactaga elater turkmeni, Allactaga elater heptneri, Allactaga elater zaisanicus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 5.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 142 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 142 days
- Gestation
- Weaning
- 33 days
- Litter size
- 4.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 58.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 57%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 609735
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- Taxonomy ID 73861
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