AnAge entry for Thomomys bottae
Classification (HAGRID: 02976)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Thomomys
- Species
- Thomomys bottae
- Common name
- Botta's pocket gopher
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals may live up to 4.8 years in the wild [0648]. One captive specimen lived 6.1 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Gestation
- 19 days
- Weaning
- 38 days
- Litter size
- 5.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 3.3 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 115.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 60%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.6700 W
- Body mass
- 143.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004685 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)
- [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
- [0648] Howard and Childs (1959), Ecology of pocket gophers with emphasis on Thomomys bottae mewa
External Resources
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- ITIS 180222
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 10013
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