AnAge entry for Macropus dorsalis
Classification (HAGRID: 02528)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Macropus
- Species
- Macropus dorsalis
- Common name
- Black-striped wallaby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. In the wild they have been estimated to live over 15 years [0542], which is possible even if unverified. One captive specimen lived 12.4 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 426 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 608 days
- Gestation
- 34 days
- Weaning
- 335 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 211 days
- Weight at birth
- 0.75 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552730
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 651581
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