AnAge entry for Sekeetamys calurus
Classification (HAGRID: 03087)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Sekeetamys
- Species
- Sekeetamys calurus
- Common name
- Bushy-tailed jird
- Synonyms
- Sekeetamys makrami
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 7.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2.9 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 65 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 78%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.5ºC or 99.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2740 W
- Body mass
- 63.6 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004308 W/g
References
- [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
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632996
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 298884
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