🦡African striped weasel
De witnekwezel (Poecilogale albinucha) is een zoogdier uit de familie van de marterachtigen (Mustelidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Gray in 1864.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 0.28 kg
- Body length
- 0.33 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 6.24 years
Everything we know about the African striped weasel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.28 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.28 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.33 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4.92 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan6.24 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length3.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation32 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 32 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for African striped weasel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusPoecilogale
- ›speciesPoecilogale albinucha
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- subfamilyGalictinae
- genusPoecilogale
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyGalictinae
- genusPoecilogale
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