AnAge entry for Ctenodactylus gundi
Classification (HAGRID: 02936)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Genus: Ctenodactylus
- Species
- Ctenodactylus gundi
- Common name
- Gundi
- Synonyms
- Ctenodactylus massonii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Although longevity has not been studied in detail in these North African animals, one captive specimen lived for 5.8 years [0671]. Maximum longevity could be underestimated, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 74 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.9 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 70 days
- Weight at birth
- 29.9 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 288.8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 49%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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 573199
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 10166
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