AnAge entry for Gerbilliscus afra

Classification (HAGRID: 03033)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species: Gerbilliscus afra
Common name: Cape gerbil
Synonyms: Tatera afra, Gerbillus africanus, Meriones caffer, Meriones schlegelii, Tatera afra gilli

Maximum longevity: 5.7 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One specimen lived 5.7 years in captivity [0671]. Age at sexual maturity largely depends on the season of birth [0455].

[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
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[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