AnAge entry for Neotoma albigula
Classification (HAGRID: 02536)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Neotoma
- Species
- Neotoma albigula
- Common name
- White-throated woodrat
- Synonyms
- Neotoma cumulator, Neotoma venusta, Neotoma intermedia angusticeps, Neotoma albigula brevicauda, Neotoma desertorum grandis, Neotoma albigula laplataensis, Neotoma albigula mearnsi, Neotoma intermedia melanura, Neotoma albigula seri, Neotoma albigula sheldoni
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 9.5 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
- Typical body temperature
- 309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7350 W
- Body mass
- 177.6 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004139 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
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180370
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 42408
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