AnAge entry for Neotoma lepida
Classification (HAGRID: 02905)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Neotoma
- Species
- Neotoma lepida
- Common name
- Desert woodrat
- Synonyms
- Neotoma abbreviata, Neotoma arenacea, Neotoma bella, Neotoma californica, Neotoma desertorum, Neotoma insularis, Neotoma intermedia, Neotoma nevadensis, Neotoma nudicauda, Neotoma lepida aridicola, Neotoma lepida egressa, Neotoma bella felipensis, Neotoma intermedia gilva, Neotoma lepida grinnelli, Neotoma lepida latirostra, Neotoma lepida marcosensis, Neotoma lepida marshalli, Neotoma lepida molagrandis, Neotoma lepida monstrabilis, Neotoma intermedia notia, Neotoma intermedia perpallida, Neotoma lepida petricola, Neotoma intermedia pretiosa, Neotoma intermedia ravida, Neotoma lepida sanrafaeli, Neotoma desertorum sola, Neotoma intermedia vicina, Neotoma lepida intermedia
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was about 10.5 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 76 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 76 days
- Gestation
- 33 days
- Weaning
- 31 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3
- Inter-litter interval
- 60 days
- Weight at birth
- 8.45 g
- Weight at weaning
- 35 g
- Adult weight
- 236 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 93%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.8ºC or 98.2ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.4600 W
- Body mass
- 112.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004089 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)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180374
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- Taxonomy ID 56216
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