AnAge entry for Marmosa robinsoni

Classification (HAGRID: 02134)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Didelphimorphia
                Family: Didelphidae
                    Genus: Marmosa
Species: Marmosa robinsoni
Common name: Robinson's mouse opossum

Maximum longevity: 5 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 434
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Life expectancy in the wild is probably under 1 year. Reproductive ability declines in the second year of life. There is one report of a male specimen obtained at an unknown age living almost 5 years in captivity [0434].

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

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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)
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[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