AnAge entry for Alticola argentatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02869)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Alticola
- Species
- Alticola argentatus
- Common name
- Silver mountain vole
- Synonyms
- Microtus argurus, Arvicola blanfordi, Alticola gracilis, Alticola longicauda, Alticola phasma, Arvicola severtzovi, Alticola villosa, Alticola worthingtoni, Alticola blanfordi lahulius, Alticola argentata rosanovi, Alticola argentata shnitnikovi, Alticola worthingtoni subluteus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen was still alive after 3.3 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 3.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 37.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.6750 W
- Body mass
- 37.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.017905 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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632807
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 400184
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