AnAge entry for Dasyurus geoffroii

Classification (HAGRID: 02459)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Dasyuromorphia
                Family: Dasyuridae
                    Genus: Dasyurus
Species: Dasyurus geoffroii
Common name: Western quoll

Maximum longevity: 6.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, these animals live on average 2 years and a maximum of 5 years. One specimen in captivity lived for 6.2 years [0671].

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
[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
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials