AnAge entry for Perameles nasuta
Classification (HAGRID: 02268)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Perameles
- Species
- Perameles nasuta
- Common name
- Long-nosed bandicoot
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen was at least 5.6 years old when it died [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 36.1ºC or 97.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 1.7630 W
- Body mass
- 645.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002733 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)
- [0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552663
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9344
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