AnAge entry for Neotoma micropus

Classification (HAGRID: 02540)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Cricetidae
                    Genus: Neotoma
Species: Neotoma micropus
Common name: Southern plains woodrat
Synonyms: Neotoma micropus canescens, Neotoma micropus leucophaea, Neotoma micropus littoralis, Neotoma micropus planiceps, Neotoma macropus surberi

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. In the wild, they have been known to live more than 2 years. One average they live about half a year with females being slightly longer lived. Captive animals have lived 3.3 years after being caught as adults [0622].

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[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
[0622] Braun and Mares (1989), Neotoma micropus
[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