AnAge entry for Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02770)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ictidomys
- Species
- Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
- Common name
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
- Synonyms
- Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 7.9 years in captivity [0671].
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
- 309ºK or 35.7ºC or 96.3ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.9830 W
- Body mass
- 198.4 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004955 W/g
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 930308
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- Taxonomy ID 43179
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