AnAge entry for Mustela lutreola
Classification (HAGRID: 02196)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Mustela
- Species
- Mustela lutreola
- Common name
- European mink
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, it is estimated that these animals may live up to 10 years [0542], which is dubious. In captivity they have not lived more than 8.4 years [0671]. Further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 323 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 323 days
- Gestation
- 54 days
- Weaning
- 57 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 8 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 590 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 64%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0134] Rohme (1981), Evidence for a relationship between longevity of mammalian species and life spans of normal fibroblasts in vitro and erythrocytes in vivo (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 621951
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9666
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