AnAge entry for Pseudomys laborifex
Classification (HAGRID: 03079)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pseudomys
- Species
- Pseudomys laborifex
- Common name
- Kimberly mouse
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen of the /calabyi/ subspecies lived for 6.9 years [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
- 12 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 96%
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 585501
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 442613
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