AnAge entry for Didelphis aurita
Classification (HAGRID: 02492)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Didelphis
- Species
- Didelphis aurita
- Common name
- Big-eared opossum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive animal lived 4 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 170 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 240 days
- Gestation
- 14 days
- Weaning
- 100 days
- Litter size
- 6.2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 850 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 29%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
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
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552535
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 85694
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