AnAge entry for Mustela eversmanii
Classification (HAGRID: 02194)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Mustela
- Species
- Mustela eversmanii
- Common name
- Steppe polecat
- Synonyms
- Mustela eversmannii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals appear to be completely developed at 2 years of age [0455]. One specimen was at least 9.1 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Maximum longevity could be slightly underestimated, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Gestation
- 36 days
- Weaning
- 51 days
- Litter size
- 9.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 5.73 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,350 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 61%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
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- ITIS 726280
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