AnAge entry for Eliomys quercinus
Classification (HAGRID: 02615)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Gliridae
Genus: Eliomys
- Species
- Eliomys quercinus
- Common name
- Garden dormouse
- Synonyms
- Eliomys cincticauda, Eliomys gymnesicus, Eliomys hamiltoni, Eliomys hortualis, Myoxus nitela, Eliomys ophiusae, Eliomys pallidus, Eliomys sardus, Eliomys quercinus gotthardus, Eliomys quercinus jurrasicus, Eliomys nitela lusitanica, Myoxus nitela amori, Eliomys quercinus superans
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive animal lived to the age of 5.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0570] glirarium.org
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584970
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 53277
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