AnAge entry for Tscherskia triton
Classification (HAGRID: 02933)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Tscherskia
- Species
- Tscherskia triton
- Common name
- Greater long-tailed hamster
- Synonyms
- Tscherskia albipes, Cricetulus arenosus, Asiocricetus bampensis, Cricetulus nestor, Asiocricetus yamashinai, Cricetulus triton collinus, Cricetulus triton fuscipes, Cricetulus triton incanus, Cricetulus triton meihsienensis, Cricetulus triton ningshaanensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 4.6 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4.2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5.2 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 25 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632742
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 329627
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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