AnAge entry for Peromyscus truei
Classification (HAGRID: 02919)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Peromyscus
- Species
- Peromyscus truei
- Common name
- Pinyon mouse
- Synonyms
- Peromyscus comanche, Peromyscus dyselius, Sitomys gilberti, Peromyscus hemionotis, Peromyscus lasius, Sitomys martirensis, Hesperomys megalotis, Peromyscus montipinoris, Peromyscus truei chlorus, Peromyscus truei lagunae, Peromyscus truei nevadensis, Peromyscus truei preblei, Peromyscus truei sequoiensis, Peromyscus truei comanche
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived at least 5.4 years in captivity [0671]. They also appear to be able to reproduce up to 5.2 years of age (Steven Austad, pers. comm.).
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 50 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 26 days
- Weaning
- 30 days
- Litter size
- 3.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 5
- Inter-litter interval
- 40 days
- Weight at birth
- 2.315 g
- Weight at weaning
- 10.5 g
- Adult weight
- 25 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0481 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 67%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.7ºC or 98.1ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.3070 W
- Body mass
- 33.1 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.009275 W/g
References
- [1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
- [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
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0773] PeroBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180291
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 89101
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