AnAge entry for Sciurus vulgaris
Classification (HAGRID: 03171)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
- Species
- Sciurus vulgaris
- Common name
- Eurasian red squirrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals may live up to 12 years [0542]. One specimen lived over 14.8 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 296 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 320 days
- Gestation
- 38 days
- Weaning
- 62 days
- Litter size
- 5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- 91 days
- Weight at birth
- 9.25 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 600 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.021 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 113%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632439
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 55149
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