AnAge entry for Allactaga major
Classification (HAGRID: 02954)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Allactaga
- Species
- Allactaga major
- Common name
- Great jerboa
- Synonyms
- Dipus aulacotis, Dipus decumanus, Mus jaculus, Dipus spiculum, Dipus vexillarius, Allactaga jaculus macrotis, Allactaga jaculus brachyotis, Allactaga saliens chachlovi, Allactaga jaculus fuscus, Allactaga jaculus intermedius, Allactaga major djetysuensis, Allactaga saliens hochlovi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was about 7 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. These animals do not appear to mate until the year after they are born [0434].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 378 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 350 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 58%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 609739
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 233182
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