AnAge entry for Petaurus norfolcensis
Classification (HAGRID: 02555)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Petauridae
Genus: Petaurus
- Species
- Petaurus norfolcensis
- Common name
- Squirrel glider
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 20 days
- Weaning
- 122 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 183 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 405 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0249 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 121%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 609843
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 122272
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