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# AnAge entry for Zapus hudsonius

## Classification (HAGRID: 02960)

Taxonomy
  Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
  Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
  Order: Rodentia
  Family: Dipodidae
  Genus: Zapus
Species
  Zapus hudsonius
Common name
  Meadow jumping mouse
Synonyms
  Zapus hudsonius campestris, Zapus hudsonius preblei, Zapus hudsonius luteus, Meriones acadicus, Dipus americanus, Dipus canadensis, Dipus labradorius, Zapus luteus, Meriones microcephalus, Zapus tenellus, Zapus hudsonius alascensis, Zapus hudsonius brevipes, Zapus hudsonius rafinesquei, Zapus hudsonius intermedius, Zapus hudsonius ladas, Zapus hudsonius pallidus, Zapus hudsonius hardyi, Zapus hudsonius ontarioensis, Zapus luteus australis

## Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity
  5.6 years (captivity)
Source
  ref. 671
Sample size
  Small
Data quality
  Acceptable
Observations

  In the wild, these animals probably do not live more than 3 years. One specimen lived at least 5.6 years in captivity [0671].

## Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity
  61 days
Male sexual maturity
  61 days
Gestation
  19 days
Weaning
  28 days
Litter size
  5.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year
  2.1
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth
  0.8 g
Weight at weaning
  7.8 g
Adult weight
  18 g
Postnatal growth rate
  0.0328 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual
  73%

## Metabolism

Typical body temperature
  Not yet available
Basal metabolic rate
  0.2190 W
Body mass
  26.1 g
Metabolic rate per body mass
  0.008391 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
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [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

## External Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  ITIS 180386
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NCBI Taxonomy
  Taxonomy ID 160400
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