AnAge entry for Dipodillus campestris
Classification (HAGRID: 03032)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dipodillus
- Species
- Dipodillus campestris
- Common name
- North African gerbil
- Synonyms
- Gerbillus campestris, Gerbillus quadrimaculatus, Dipodillus dodsoni, Dipodillus hilda, Gerbillus campestris, Dipodillus campestris cinnamomeus, Dipodillus campestris haymani, Dipodillus dodsoni patrizii, Dipodillus campestrist riparius, Dipodillus campestris rozsikae, Gerbillus campestris wassifi, Dipodillus campestris roszikae
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One 7.3 year old animal was still alive in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 28.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 89%
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
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 970774
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