AnAge entry for Thylogale billardierii

Classification (HAGRID: 02546)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Diprotodontia
                Family: Macropodidae
                    Genus: Thylogale
Species: Thylogale billardierii
Common name: Tasmanian pademelon

Maximum longevity: 8.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Tiny
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: These animals have been estimated to live up to 10 years [0522], which has not been confirmed. One captive specimen lived 8.8 years [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves