AnAge entry for Arvicanthis niloticus
Classification (HAGRID: 03025)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Arvicanthis
- Species
- Arvicanthis niloticus
- Common name
- Nile kusu
- Synonyms
- Mus discolor, Arvicanthis jebelae, Isomys testicularis, Hypudaeus variegatus, Arvicanthis abyssinicus centrosus, Isomys variegatus major, Isomys variegatus minor, Arvicanthis niloticus naso, Arvicanthis abyssinicus rubescens, Arvicanthis testicularis solatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 45 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 45 days
- Gestation
- 22 days
- Weaning
- 23 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 38 days
- Weight at birth
- 4.15 g
- Weight at weaning
- 21.7 g
- Adult weight
- 110 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 66%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 970809
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 61156
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