AnAge entry for Ammospermophilus nelsoni
Classification (HAGRID: 03114)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ammospermophilus
- Species
- Ammospermophilus nelsoni
- Common name
- Nelson's antelope squirrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Although most of these animals do not live for more than one year in the wild, some may occasionally live for more than 4 years with one individual living 5.7 years [0636]. Little is known about their longevity in captivity, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 378 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 4.88 g
- Weight at weaning
- 41 g
- Adult weight
- 154.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0636] Best et al. (1990), Ammospermophilus nelsoni
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