AnAge entry for Tarsipes rostratus

Classification (HAGRID: 02210)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Diprotodontia
                Family: Tarsipedidae
                    Genus: Tarsipes
Species: Tarsipes rostratus
Common name: Honey possum

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: At birth, these animals are the smallest among mammals. Little is known about their longevity, but they appear to live at least 2 years in the wild [0573], but possibly longer.

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

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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)
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[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
[0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals