AnAge entry for Jaculus jaculus

Classification (HAGRID: 02590)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Dipodidae
                    Genus: Jaculus
Species: Jaculus jaculus
Common name: Lesser Egyptian jerboa
Synonyms: Dipus aegyptius, Dipus darricarrerei, Dipus deserti, Jaculus florentiae, Dipus hirtipes, Dipus loftusi, Dipus macromystax, Dipus macrotarsus, Dipus schlueteri, Jaculus jaculus sefrius, Jaculus loftusi vocator, Jaculus jaculus syrius, Jaculus florentiae oralis, Jaculus jaculus centralis, Jaculus jaculus airensis, Jaculus jaculus favonicus, Jaculus deserti favillus, Jaculus deserti fuscipes, Jaculus deserti rarus, Jaculus deserti vastus, Jaculus jaculus arenaceous, Jaculus jaculus collinsi, Jaculus jaculus cufrensis, Jaculus jaculus tripolitanicus, Jaculus jaculus whitchurchi

Maximum longevity: 7.3 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: These animals are difficult to breed in captivity, though some success has been obtained recently in several institutions. One captive specimen lived for 7.3 years [0671]. There is a considerable variance in the age at sexual maturity and the gestation period reported for this species in different sources.

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
[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
[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