AnAge entry for Sminthopsis ooldea
Classification (HAGRID: 02482)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Sminthopsis
- Species
- Sminthopsis ooldea
- Common name
- Ooldea dunnart
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
A difficult species to keep in captivity due to fighting [0434], these animals have been reported to live up to 3 years [0522]. Without further studies, however, maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 300 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 21 days
- Weaning
- 70 days
- Litter size
- 7.25 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 4.8 g
- Adult weight
- 11 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
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- ITIS 552650
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- Taxonomy ID 90765
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