AnAge entry for Phascogale calura
Classification (HAGRID: 02466)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Phascogale
- Species
- Phascogale calura
- Common name
- Red-tailed phascogale
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One female was at least 4.7 years old when it escaped to the wild [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 330 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 29 days
- Weaning
- 90 days
- Litter size
- 7.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 43 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 54%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552621
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 38776
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