What is the maximal age a Malabar spiny dormouse reaches?
An adult Malabar spiny dormouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus) usually gets as old as 1.67 years.
When born, they weight 105 grams (0.23 lbs) and measure 2 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Platacanthomys). Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 30 cm (1′ 0″).
As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.
The Malabar spiny dormouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus) is a species of muroid rodent endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is the only extant species in the genus Platacanthomys and although resembling a dormouse, it is not closely related. About the size of a brown rat, this arboreal species lives in tree holes in dense forest habitats in a small family group. They are distinguishable from other species in the area by their bushy tuft tip to the tail and the spiny fur on the back.
Animals of the same family as a Malabar spiny dormouse
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Muridae):
- Sandy inland mouse with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Santa Cruz mouse bringing the scale to 21 grams
- Eastern small-toothed rat bringing the scale to 357 grams
- Luzon montane forest mouse bringing the scale to 34 grams
- Masked white-tailed rat with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Rufous-bellied bolo mouse bringing the scale to 32 grams
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Cape gerbil with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Whitehead’s spiny rat with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that reach the same age as Malabar spiny dormouse
With an average age of 1.67 years, Malabar spiny dormouse are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Swamp antechinus usually reaching 2 years
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat usually reaching 2 years
- Robinson’s mouse opossum usually reaching 2 years
- Himalayan mole usually reaching 1.5 years
- Mongolian gerbil usually reaching 2 years
- Western harvest mouse usually reaching 1.5 years
- Pilbara ningaui usually reaching 2 years
- Common shrew usually reaching 2 years
- North American least shrew usually reaching 1.75 years
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat usually reaching 2 years