AnAge entry for Zapus hudsonius

Classification (HAGRID: 02960)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Dipodidae
                    Genus: Zapus
Species: Zapus hudsonius
Common name: Meadow jumping mouse
Synonyms: Zapus hudsonius campestris, Zapus hudsonius preblei, Zapus hudsonius luteus, Meriones acadicus, Dipus americanus, Dipus canadensis, Dipus labradorius, Zapus luteus, Meriones microcephalus, Zapus tenellus, Zapus hudsonius alascensis, Zapus hudsonius brevipes, Zapus hudsonius rafinesquei, Zapus hudsonius intermedius, Zapus hudsonius ladas, Zapus hudsonius pallidus, Zapus hudsonius hardyi, Zapus hudsonius ontarioensis, Zapus luteus australis

Maximum longevity: 5.6 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, these animals probably do not live more than 3 years. One specimen lived at least 5.6 years in captivity [0671].

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[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves