AnAge entry for Caluromys derbianus
Classification (HAGRID: 02487)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Caluromys
- Species
- Caluromys derbianus
- Common name
- Central American woolly opossum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen was at least 8.7 years when it died [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 240 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 240 days
- Gestation
- 21 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 330 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 73%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 308ºK or 35.0ºC or 95.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 1.1940 W
- Body mass
- 342.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003484 W/g
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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)
- [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 552528
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 992409
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