AnAge entry for Callosciurus prevostii
Classification (HAGRID: 03121)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
- Species
- Callosciurus prevostii
- Common name
- Prevost's squirrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 48 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 16.35 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 400 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 172%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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 632337
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 64676
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