AnAge entry for Micromys minutus
Classification (HAGRID: 03057)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Micromys
- Species
- Micromys minutus
- Common name
- Old World harvest mouse
- Synonyms
- Micromys agilis, Mus arundinaceus, Mus arvensis, Mus avenarius, Mus campestris, Mus erythrotis, Mus meridionalis, Mus messorius, Mus minatus, Mus minimus, Mus oryzivorus, Mus parvulus, Mus pendulinus, Mus pratensis, Mus pumilus, Mus pygmaeus, Mus soricinus, Mus triticeus, Micromys minutus aokii, Mus minutus batarovi, Micromys minutus berezowskii, Micromys minutus brauneri, Mus minutus fenniae, Mus minutus flavus, Micromys minutus hondonis, Micromys minutus japonicus, Micromys minutus kytmanovi, Micromys minutus mehelyi, Mus minutus sareptae, Micromys minutus subobscurus, Micromys minutus takasagoensis, Mus minutus typicus, Mus minutus ussuricus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals live up to 1.5 years. It has been reported that in captivity they may live up to 5 years [0434], which is doubtful. Record longevity in captivity is 3.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 40 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 37 days
- Gestation
- 20 days
- Weaning
- 18 days
- Litter size
- 5.2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2.6
- Inter-litter interval
- 21 days
- Weight at birth
- 0.9 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 59%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2010 W
- Body mass
- 7.6 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.026447 W/g
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 585369
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 13151
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