AnAge entry for Mesocricetus auratus
Classification (HAGRID: 02520)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Mesocricetus
- Species
- Mesocricetus auratus
- Common name
- Golden hamster
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Although anecdotal reports suggest a higher longevity, which seems unlikely but not impossible, the maximum longevity of this species is 3.9 years [0671]. Their average longevity is 2-3 years with peak fecundity occurring at about 1 year of age [0434].
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
- 311ºK or 38.1ºC or 100.6ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.6900 W
- Body mass
- 108.2 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006377 W/g
Species in other databases
References
- [0776] Seluanov et al. (2007), Telomerase activity coevolves with body mass not lifespan (PubMed)
- [0608] Hartig et al. (2005), Phosphorylation of the tau protein sequence 199-205 in the hippocampal CA3 region of Syrian hamsters in adulthood and during aging (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
- [0257] Duncan and Hensler (2002), Aging alters in a region-specific manner serotonin transporter sites and 5-HT(1A) receptor-G protein interactions in hamster brain (PubMed)
- [0928] Oklejewicz and Daan (2002), Enhanced longevity in tau mutant Syrian hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus (PubMed)
- [0258] Shahlaie et al. (2001), Age-related changes in potentiation of evoked responses in CA1 pyramidal cells from the hamster hippocampus (PubMed)
- [0259] Minieri et al. (1999), The cardiomyopathic hamster as model of early myocardial aging (PubMed)
- [0189] Kapahi et al. (1999), Positive correlation between mammalian life span and cellular resistance to stress (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0260] Zhang et al. (1998), Effects of aging on lens transmittance and retinal input to the suprachiasmatic nucleus in golden hamsters (PubMed)
- [0261] Kishimoto et al. (1998), Age-related changes of calbindin-D28k, calretinin, and parvalbumin mRNAs in the hamster brain (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0262] Zhang and Kelsen (1990), Effects of aging on diaphragm contractile function in golden hamsters (PubMed)
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0272] Anderson and King (1988), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy in multiple aged mammalian species (PubMed)
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632735
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 10036
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