AnAge entry for Marmosa murina
Classification (HAGRID: 02498)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
- Species
- Marmosa murina
- Common name
- Murine mouse opossum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 3.6 years [0671], though maximum longevity could be underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 407 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 13 days
- Weaning
- 62 days
- Litter size
- 8.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 0.09 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 26 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 44%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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
- [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 552549
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- Taxonomy ID 126295
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