AnAge entry for Apodemus sylvaticus
Classification (HAGRID: 03024)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apodemus
- Species
- Apodemus sylvaticus
- Common name
- Long-tailed field mouse
- Synonyms
- Mus algirus, Mus chamaeropsis, Musculus dichrurus, Mus hayi, Mus hebridensis, Mus hirtensis, Mus intermedius, Mus islandicus, Mus pecchioli, Mus reboudia, Mus sylvaticus albus, Mus sylvaticus alpinus, Mus sylvaticus bergensis, Apodemus sylvaticus butei, Micromys sylvaticus callipides, Mus sylvaticus candidus, Mus sylvaticus celticus, Apodemus sylvaticus creticus, Apodemus hebridensis cumbrae, Apodemus hebridensis fiolagan, Sylvaemus sylvaticus flaviventris, Mus sylvaticus flavobrunneus, Mus sylvaticus fridariensis, Apodemus hebridensis ghia, Apodemus sylvaticus grandiculus, Apodemus fridariensis grantii, Mus sylvaticus griseus, Apodemus hebridensis hamiltoni, Mus sylvaticus isabellinus, Apodemus hebridensis larus, Mus sylvaticus leucocephalus, Apodemus hebridensis maclean, Apodemus sylvaticus maximus, Apodemus hebridensis nesiticus, Mus sylvaticus niger, Mus sylvaticus parvus, Apodemus sylvaticus spadix, Apodemus fridariensis thuleo, Apodemus hebridensis tirae, Apodemus hebridensis tural, Mus sylvaticus varius
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was about 6.3 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 71 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 65 days
- Gestation
- 23 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 5.2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.8
- Inter-litter interval
- 41 days
- Weight at birth
- 1.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 23.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 79%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.7ºC or 98.1ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2640 W
- Body mass
- 23.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.011092 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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
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- ITIS 585143
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- Taxonomy ID 10129
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