AnAge entry for Callospermophilus saturatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02757)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callospermophilus
- Species
- Callospermophilus saturatus
- Common name
- Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
- Synonyms
- Spermophilus saturatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have lived at least 4 years, but their maximum longevity is probably much longer. They are sexually mature after they emerge from their first hibernation [0635].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.8490 W
- Body mass
- 256.6 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003309 W/g
References
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0635] Trombulak (1988), Spermophilus saturatus
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 930304
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- Taxonomy ID 99858
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