AnAge entry for Didelphis albiventris
Classification (HAGRID: 02491)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Didelphis
- Species
- Didelphis albiventris
- Common name
- White-eared opossum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
The longevity of these animals is unknown, though they have been known to live for 1.7 years [0522].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 12 days
- Weaning
- 117 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 260 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 904 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [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 552534
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- Taxonomy ID 42716
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