AnAge entry for Martes pennanti
Classification (HAGRID: 02187)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Martes
- Species
- Martes pennanti
- Common name
- Fisher
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Depending on how long the implantation takes to occur, the total gestation time can vary from 270 to 370 days. In the wild, fishers may live up to 10 years [0542]. One specimen lived 14.3 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 45 days
- Weaning
- 66 days
- Litter size
- 2.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 35 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,175 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 85%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.5ºC or 101.3ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1069] Dzialak and Serfass (2003), Effects of flumazenil on fishers Martes pennanti restrained with tiletamine-zolazepam
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180560
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 76720
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