AnAge entry for Macropus agilis
Classification (HAGRID: 02525)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Macropus
- Species
- Macropus agilis
- Common name
- Agile wallaby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals are expected to live up to 14 years [0434]. One specimen lived 16.9 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 425 days
- Gestation
- 29 days
- Weaning
- 214 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.8
- Inter-litter interval
- 220 days
- Weight at birth
- 0.634 g
- Weight at weaning
- 2,287 g
- Adult weight
- 16,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 78%
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
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552727
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- Taxonomy ID 9313
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