AnAge entry for Microcebus rufus
Classification (HAGRID: 02776)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Microcebus
- Species
- Microcebus rufus
- Common name
- Brown mouse lemur
- Synonyms
- Chirogaleus smithii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but one wild born specimen was about 12 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 299 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 243 days
- Gestation
- 61 days
- Weaning
- 40 days
- Litter size
- 2.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 73 days
- Weight at birth
- 6.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 55.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
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
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0164] Holleschau and Rathbun (1994), The effects of age on glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities in lenses of Old World simians and prosimians (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572862
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 122232
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