AnAge entry for Myodes rutilus
Classification (HAGRID: 02900)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Myodes
- Species
- Myodes rutilus
- Common name
- Northern red-backed vole
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1425
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals have been found to live up to 2 years and 8 months. Additionally, most of the captive specimens died within the first year [1425].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 18 days
- Weaning
- Clutch or litter size
- 5.6
- Breedings per year
- 4.2
- Inter-litter interval
- 20 days
- Weight at birth
- 1.8 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 20 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 27%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1425] Novikov et al. (2020), Age-related differences in physiology and survival of northern red-backed voles (Myodes rutilus) in captivity (PubMed)
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
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- ITIS 970618
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