AnAge entry for Octodontomys gliroides
Classification (HAGRID: 03107)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Octodontomys
- Species
- Octodontomys gliroides
- Common name
- Mountain degu
- Synonyms
- Octodontomys simonsi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One specimen lived 7.6 years in captivity [0671]. Probably they can live longer, and further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 104 days
- Weaning
- 42 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 17.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 158 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 37.2ºC or 99.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7150 W
- Body mass
- 154.1 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004640 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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584783
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 170740
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