AnAge entry for Peromyscus eremicus
Classification (HAGRID: 02548)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Peromyscus
- Species
- Peromyscus eremicus
- Common name
- Cactus mouse
- Synonyms
- Hesperomys anthonyi, Peromyscus cedrosensis, Peromyscus collatus, Peromyscus eremicus alcorni, Peromyscus eremicus avius, Peromyscus eremicus cinereus, Peromyscus eremicus insulicola, Peromyscus eremicus papagensis, Peromyscus eremicus phaeurus, Peromyscus eremicus polypolius, Peromyscus eremicus pullus, Peromyscus eremicus sinaloensis, Peromyscus eremicus tiburonensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
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
- 310ºK or 36.6ºC or 97.9ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.1730 W
- Body mass
- 21.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.008238 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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0773] PeroBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180286
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 42410
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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