AnAge entry for Ellobius talpinus
Classification (HAGRID: 02880)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Ellobius
- Species
- Ellobius talpinus
- Common name
- Northern mole vole
- Synonyms
- Spalax murinus, Georychus rufescens, Ellobius talpinus ciscaucasica, Ellobius talpinus transcaspiae
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1411
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Wild northern mole voles longevity rarely exceeds 2 years. Captive mole voles have been shown to live up to 5 years. Females that reproduce live significantly longer than non-breeding females [1155]. Animals kept in captivity lived for 6.4 years [1411].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 94 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- Clutch or litter size
- 3.7
- Breedings per year
- 4
- Inter-litter interval
- 35 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 40 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 74%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1411] Novikov et al. (2017), Reproduction, ageing, and longevity in two species of laboratory rodents with different life histories (PubMed)
- [1155] Novikov et al. (2015), Reproduction, aging and mortality rate in social subterranean mole voles (Ellobius talpinus Pall.) (PubMed)
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
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- ITIS 632834
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