AnAge entry for Perognathus amplus
Classification (HAGRID: 02999)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Perognathus
- Species
- Perognathus amplus
- Common name
- Arizona pocket mouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was still living at about 5.9 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 83%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180256
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- Taxonomy ID 38408
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