AnAge entry for Glaucomys sabrinus
Classification (HAGRID: 03133)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Glaucomys
- Species
- Glaucomys sabrinus
- Common name
- Northern flying squirrel
- Synonyms
- Sciurus sabrinus, Pteromys canadensis, Sciurus hudsonius
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity these animals may live up to 14.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 210 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 40 days
- Weaning
- 68 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- 39.74 g
- Adult weight
- 149 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0088 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 135%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180169
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 45482
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