AnAge entry for Tamias quadrivittatus
Classification (HAGRID: 03181)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamias
- Species
- Tamias quadrivittatus
- Common name
- Colorado chipmunk
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been estimated to live up to 8 years in the wild [0511].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Gestation
- 31 days
- Weaning
- 46 days
- Litter size
- 4.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 2.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 70 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0238 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180201
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- Taxonomy ID 45469
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