Rodents (Rodentia)

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Stephens' Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi)

Citation:

Distances moved by Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi Merriam) and implications for conservation

Author(s)
Price, Mary V., Patrick A. Kelly and Ross L. Goldingay
Pages
929-939
Year
Volume
75
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of median maximum distance moved based on telemetry at 2 sites; 21 - 91 d observation m Female Adult 9 Motte Rock Ecological Reserve [lat., 33^o53'N; long., 117^o6'W] and San Jacinto Wildlife Area [lat., 33^o51'N; long., 116^o54'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Home Range range of median maximum distance moved based on telemetry at 2 sites; 15 - 127 d of observation m Male Adult 4-9 Motte Rock Ecological Reserve [lat., 33^o53'N; long., 117^o6'W] and San Jacinto Wildlife Area [lat., 33^o51'N; long., 116^o54'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:

Growth and development of Dipodomys stephensi

Author(s)
Lackey, James A.
Pages
624-632
Year
Volume
48
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 10 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 5 d Laboratory

Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

Seasonal reproductive patterns in five coexisting California desert rodent species

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and George A. Bartholomew
Pages
371-397
Year
Issue
4
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 4 g Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets 4 wk Inyo
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 3 wk Female Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Citation:

Longevity of the pocket mouse, Pergonathus longimembris

Author(s)
Edmonds, Vaughan W. and Daniel S. Fertig
Pages
300-301
Year
Volume
17
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Longevity > 8 lifespan in captivity yrs Not Reported Adult 1 captured in Kern County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Survival of laboratory-reared pocket mice, Perognathus longimembris

Author(s)
Hayden, P. and R.G. Lindberg
Pages
266-272
Year
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Longevity 8.3 maximum lifespan in captivity yrs Both Male and Female Adult 216 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Citation:

Foraging range in mice and voles: The role of risk

Author(s)
Anderson, Paul K.
Pages
2645-2653
Year
Volume
64
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Home Range 60-120 long by 5.5 wide linear-shaped home ranges conforming to ecotone along lake m Both Male and Female Not Reported 14 Frederick Lake, near Calgary, Alberta [lat., 51^o06'N; long., 114^o44'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Fat levels in a subarctic population of Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Gyug, Les W. and John S. Millar
Pages
1341-1346
Year
Issue
7
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Fat (total or %) see citation see citation for figure of absolute fat content in various breeding conditions g Both Male and Female Adult 6- 23 Heart Lake Biology Station [lat., 61^oN; long., 117^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Food habits of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in northern Ontario

Author(s)
Martell, Arthur M. and A.L. MacAuley
Pages
319-324
Year
Issue
3
Volume
95
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Dietary Composition arthropods (62.3 %); seeds (21.7 %); chlorophyllous plant matter (10.1%); achlorophyllous plant matter (6.3%) % total volume of stomach contents. % Not Reported Not Reported 12 uncut and selectively cut forest, Manitouwadge, Ontario [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 85^o50'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Dietary Composition arthropods (53.9-87.0 %); seeds (0-40.0%); berries (0-1.2%); chlorophyllous plant matter (0-14.2%); achlorophyllous plant matter (2.1-14%) % total volume of stomach contents; range for 3 yrs % Not Reported Not Reported 7-35/yr clear cut forest, Manitouwadge, Ontario [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 85^o50'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Breeding by Peromyscus in seasonal environments

Author(s)
Millar, John S., F.B. Wille and Stuart L. Iverson
Pages
719-727
Year
Issue
4
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Countries
Survival/ Mortality 0.046 daily mortality rate for mice <90 days; author's estimate from regression of log numbers against age. /d Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets <90 d CANADA
Time of Hatching or Parturition April (begin), late April-Late July (peak), September (end) Female Adult Not Reported Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
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Basal metabolic rates and thermoregulatory abilities in four small mammals

Author(s)
Tomasi, Thomas E.
Pages
2534-2537
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 2.70 Mean measured as CO2 production at 24C, converted to O2 consumption by 0.8 R.Q. ml 02/g/hr Both Male and Female Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets Resting 0.07 SE Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 1.71 Also termed "fasted metabolism", average body weight after 24 hr fast = 18.2 g +/- 0.6 SE ml 02/g/hr Not Reported Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets Basal, fasted 24 hr 0.12 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Some rodent populations in the Sierra Nevada of California

Author(s)
Storer, T.I., F.C. Evans and F.G. Palmer
Pages
166-192
Year
Issue
2
Volume
14
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 0.21 acres Female Adult 27 Bass Lake (elev., 4500 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.13 acres Male Juvenile 10 Bass Lake (elev., 4500 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Age of sexual maturity in mice of the genus Peromyscus

Author(s)
Clark, Frank H.
Pages
230-234
Year
Volume
19
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity based on presence of motile sperm d Male Adult 43 - 79 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

A study of prairie deer mouse populations in southern Michigan

Author(s)
Blair, W. Frank
Pages
273-309
Year
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 0.63 acres Male Adult 70 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4
Home Range 0.51 acres Female Adult 64 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4
Citation:

Dispersion and numbers in Peromyscus populations

Author(s)
Metzgar, Lee H.
Pages
26 - 31
Year
Volume
103
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of monthly estimates #/ha Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Field populations of deermice with supplemental food

Author(s)
Fordham, R. A.
Pages
138-146
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly means at sites with excess artificial food (whole oats), includes pregnant animals g Female Adult 5-26/mo University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly means at control sites, includes pregnant animals g Female Adult 1-8/mo University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Intraspecific variation in body size, metabolic rate, and reproduction of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Author(s)
Earle, Michael and D. M. Lavigne
Pages
381-388
Year
Issue
2
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of means from 3 sites g Female Adult 18-29 captured at Milk River, Alberta [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 111^o45'W] and Sydney, British Columbia, Canada [lat., 48^o43'N; long., 123^o20'W] Exposure Factor Datasets at parturition Laboratory
Citation:

Arthropods preferred as food by Sorex cinerus (masked shrew) and Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): an experimental approach

Author(s)
Bellocq, I. and S.M. Smith
Pages
391-396
Year
Issue
3
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Dietary Composition see citation figure of preferred food items ranked by Rodger's index Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 12 captured in Ontario, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Microhabitat segregation in two desert rodent species: the relation of prey availability to diet

Author(s)
Harris, John H.
Pages
417-421
Year
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition ARTHROPODS (81% total) - Lepidoptera larvae (91); Coleoptera (6); June beetles (0); Jerusalum crickets (1); Ants (1); Orthoptera (0); Spiders (1); Lygaeid bugs (0); Scorpions (0); Solfugids (0); Diptera (1);GREEN VEGETATION (19% total); SEEDS (0% total). % weight of prey in fecal pellets % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 40 Mono Lake (elev., 2000m) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono
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Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Condition Error
Body Fat (total or %) 100% g Both Male and Female Adult 23 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 2 years Alpine Breeding 0
Citation:

Effects of reproduction on maternal survial and subsequent reproduction in northern Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Millar, John S., Elissa M. Derrickson and S.T.P. Sharpe
Pages
1129-1134
Year
Volume
70
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Survival/ Mortality % survival to end of breeding season, range over 5 yrs % Female Adult 15 - 43 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Geographic variation in litter size of small mammals in the central Appalachian region

Author(s)
McLaren, Suzanne B. and Gordon L. Kirkland Jr.
Pages
123-126
Year
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.387 based on embryo counts in museum specimen embryos/female Female Adult 623 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.085 SE

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

Effects of salt water on food and water consumption and weight of harvest mice

Author(s)
Fisler, George F.
Pages
604-608
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 0.245 daily rate of consumption of Diablo animal chow (dry pellets) g/g/d Both Male and Female Adult 6 captured in Contra Costa County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Salt tolerance and water requirements in the salt-marsh harvest mouse

Author(s)
Haines, Howard
Pages
266-272
Year
Volume
37
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Water Ingestion Rate range of mean daily consumption rates (% body weight) for control animals % BW/d Not Reported Not Reported 3-5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

Spatial structuring and dispersal in a high density population of the California vole Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Heske, Edward J.
Pages
137-148
Year
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean > 45 g Male Adult Not Reported Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Body Weight - Mean > 40 g Female Adult Not Reported Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Citation:

Viability of large- and small- sized adults in fluctuating vole populations

Author(s)
Boonstra, Rudy and Charles J. Krebs
Pages
567-573
Year
Issue
3
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Survival/ Mortality .574 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Male Adult 8 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
Survival/ Mortality .635 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Male Adult 8 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
Citation:

Condition and diet of cycling populations of the California Vole, Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Batzli, George O. and Frank A Pitelka
Pages
141-163
Year
Issue
1
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Growth Rate change in body weight; instantaneous rated based on Brody 1945 %/d Male Adult Not Reported Richmond field station; Russell Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Dietary Composition grass heads (1.3%); grass leaves (78.9%); grass stems (9.2%); grass roots (0.3%); Forb leaves (9.3%);
Forb stems (0.4%); Forb roots (0.1%); Vole hair (0.4%) 		composition of stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 750 items/15 voles Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Intraspecific litter size variation in Microtus californicus II. variation between populations

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
1174-1182
Year
Issue
6
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 25.8 median weight at sexual maturity g Male Adult 33 Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma
Body Weight - Mean 24.4 median weight at sexual maturity g Female Adult 30 Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma
Citation:

Nutritional ecology of the California vole: Effects of food quality on reproduction

Author(s)
Batzli, George O.
Pages
406-412
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 3.3 young/litter Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4 SE Laboratory
Clutches or Litters per year 1.0 litters per female per 12 wks litters/12 wks Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Ventilatory accommodation of changing oxygen demand in sciurid rodents

Author(s)
Chappell, Mark A.
Pages
722-730
Year
Volume
162
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Inhalation Rate 297 (10C); 238 (20C); 137 (30C) inhalation rates at ambient temperatures (10-30C) ml/min Not Reported Not Reported 6/group Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Demographic changes in fluctuating populations of Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Krebs, Charles J.
Pages
239-273
Year
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d Male Juvenile 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d Female Adult 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Adaptations in movement patterns of two species of salt-marsh rodents

Author(s)
Fisler, George F.
Pages
96-103
Year
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported San Pablo salt marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa

Fresno Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides ssp. exilis)

Citation:

The Fresno kangaroo rat population survey, 1977 (Final Report)

Author(s)
Koos, Karen A.
Pages
10
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Nongame Wildlife Investigations
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density range for 2 sites; mean density for 4 sampling periods #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 68 - 326 animals/site Whitesbridge Rd. Exposure Factor Datasets Fresno

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

Citation:

Energetics of the prairie deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii

Author(s)
Morris, John G. and S. Charles Kendeigh
Pages
368-76
Year
Issue
2
Volume
105
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 20.9 g Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets summer-acclimatized 1.60 SE Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 20.8 g Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets winter-acclimatized 1.24 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction by Peromyscus maniculatus: size and compromise

Author(s)
Myers, Philip and Lawrence L. Master
Pages
1-18
Year
Volume
64
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation d Female Adult 161 Exposure Factor Datasets Non-lactating Laboratory
Age at Sexual Maturity d Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in male prarie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) in different reproductive conditions and group densities

Author(s)
Staubs, Patricia A. and Eric L. Bradley
Pages
287-294
Year
Volume
119
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 6522 oxygen consumption of active animals at 23C ml/kg/hr Male Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets active 335.5 SE Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 3370 resting oxygen consumption at 23C ml/kg/hr Male Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets resting 126.7 SE Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of northern Peromyscus maniculatus borealis

Author(s)
Millar, J.S.
Pages
510-515
Year
Issue
4
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Lab
Food Ingestion Rate food ingestion during lactation; minimum from 0-3 d postpartum, maximum at 12-15 d postpartum. g/d Female Adult 41 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 15 d Lactation Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate 0.15 daily ingestion rate; animals fed Purina rat pellets g/g/d Female Adult 18 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets nonbreeding Laboratory
Citation:

Demographic and life cycle characteristics of montane deer mice

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Duncan G. Innes
Pages
574-585
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Countries Error Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 194.2 cumulative food ingestion from parturition to weaning (approx. 24 d); Purina lab chow g Female Adult 37 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets lactating 5.5 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 67 over-winter survival % Female Adult 6 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 24.9 d Both Male and Female Juvenile 43 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 30 over winter survival % Male Juvenile 30 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets "young of the yr" CANADA

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. gambelii)

Citation:

Seasonal activity and feeding patterns in a population of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus gambelii)

Author(s)
Seabloom, Robert W., Robert G. Schwab and Susan C. Loeb
Pages
2238-2243
Year
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Food Ingestion Rate 0.14 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Juvenile 29 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.02 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.13 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Juvenile 18 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.02 SE
Citation:

Comparative energetics in two sympatric species of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Mazen, Walter S. and Robert L. Rudd
Pages
573-574
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 6.46 maximal metabolic rate cc O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Not Reported 24 collected 5 km east of Chico, Butte County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 1.4 SD Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nebrascensis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of Peromyscus maniculatus nebrascensis

Author(s)
Millar, John S.
Pages
1280-1284
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 29.5 duration of postpartum gestation d Female Adult 8 captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 1.4 SE Laboratory
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 25.5 mean of 10 shortest times d Female Adult 10 captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 0.3 SE Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nubiterrae)

Citation:

The response of Peromyscus to forest opening size in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

Author(s)
Buckner, Christine A. and Donald J. Shure
Pages
299-307
Year
Issue
2
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density see citation figure of population density estimated as minimum number known to be alive #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 93 Nantahala National Forest Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Postnatal growth and development of Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae

Author(s)
Linzey, A. V.
Pages
152-155
Year
Volume
51
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28.54 d Female Adult 22 captured in Coche County, TN Exposure Factor Datasets 0.81 Laboratory
Citation:

Seasonal study of daily torpor in southeastern Peromyscus maniculatus and Peromyscus leucopus from mountains and foothills

Author(s)
Tannenbaum, Michael G. and Edward B. Pivorun
Pages
10-16
Year
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Torpor or Hibernation winter peak occurence of spontaneous torpor Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 59 Macon county, pine-hemlock forest Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

Citation:

Metabolic characteristics of mountain, desert and coastal populations of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Murie, Martin
Pages
723-740
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 2.25 resting oxygen consumption rate at 25C cc O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Not Reported 9 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.04 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Body temperature and metabolism in subspecies of Peromyscus from arid and mesic environments

Author(s)
McNab, Brian K., and Peter Morrison
Pages
63-82
Year
Volume
33
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 24.2 g Not Reported Not Reported 29 collected near Las Vegas, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 0.18 SE Laboratory

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Citation:

Survival and home range in the Nelson antelope ground squirrel

Author(s)
Hawbecker, Albert C.
Pages
207-215
Year
Volume
3
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range 11 "normal" home range estimated as area enclosed by points of capture acres Not Reported Adult 240 squirrel trapped Panoche (elev., 1200') Exposure Factor Datasets San Benito
Citation:

Natural history of the ground squirrels of California

Author(s)
Grinnel, J. and J.S. Dixon
Pages
597-708
Year
Volume
7
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 154.5 g Female Adult 3 Exposure Factor Datasets

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Citation:

Seasonal variation in body weight, fat, and behaviour of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, Kay E. and Scott Nunes
Pages
1425-1433
Year
Issue
6
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition Error
Clutch or Litter Size 6.7 young/litter Female Adult 26 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz primiparous 0.3 SE
Clutch or Litter Size 7.9 young/litter Female Adult 47 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz multiparous 0.3 SE
Citation:

A population study of the Beechey ground squirrel in central California

Author(s)
Evans, F. C. and R. Holdenried
Pages
231-260
Year
Issue
2
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Clutch or Litter Size 6.25 young/litter Female Adult 8 litters Calaveras Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Santa Clara
Citation:

Energy metabolism and evaporative water loss in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Baudinette, Russel V.
Pages
57-72
Year
Volume
81
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 402.3 g Not Reported Not Reported 10 University of California, Irvine Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Citation:

Patterns of progesterone secretion in free-living California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, K.E., S. Nunes and F. Talamantes
Pages
1051-1059
Year
Issue
5
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Mating/ Laying Feb. - Mar. Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz
Age at Sexual Maturity 1 yr Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz
Citation:

The annual cycle of the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Tomich, P. Quentin
Pages
213-282
Year
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 677 g Male Adult 61 Davis and Dixon Exposure Factor Datasets Solano, Yolo 113.5
Body Weight - Mean 516 g Female Adult 112 Davis and Dixon Exposure Factor Datasets Solano, Yolo 104.5
Citation:

California ground squirrels at Concord Naval Weapons station: alternatives for control and the ecological consequences

Author(s)
Loredo-Prenderville, I., D. Van Vuren , Amy J. Kuenzi, and Michael Morrison
Pages
72-77
Publisher
University of California, Davis
Year
Volume
16
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Population Density 32.0 #/ha Not Reported Adult 5 study sites Concord Naval Weapons Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa 16.23 SD
Citation:

Circulating prolactin in free-living california ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, Kay E., Scott Nunes, and Frank Talamantes
Pages
484-492
Year
Volume
71
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Clutch or Litter Size 8.3 young/litter Female Adult 20 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz multiparous

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Citation:

Energy relationships of the mammals of a desert shrub (Larrea tridentata) community

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Alice Eastlake Chew
Pages
1-20
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Home Range 62.0 average range of movement after 3 captures m Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported San Simon Valley Exposure Factor Datasets 4.7
Metabolic Rate maintenance energy expenditure estimated from oxygen consumption kcal/day Both Male and Female Adult 6/sampling period; 10 periods captured at San Simon Valley, AZ from Aug. - July Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Population Ecology of a desert rodent: Dipodomys merriami in the Chihuahuan Desert

Author(s)
Zeng, Zongyong and James H. Brown
Pages
1328-1340
Year
Issue
5
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity at least 36 oldest recorded mo Female Adult 3 Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 0.304 death rate per yr /yr Male Not Reported 443 Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Breeding of captive kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami and D. microps

Author(s)
Daly, M., Margo I. Wilson and P. Behrends
Pages
338-341
Year
Issue
2
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 2.5 pups/litter Female Adult 51 captured near Palm Springs, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 33 modal duration d Female Adult 65 captured near Palm Springs, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The reproduction of heteromyid rodents in captivity

Author(s)
Eisenberg, John F. and Donald E. Isaac
Pages
61-67
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 2.2 pups/litter Female Adult 4 litters Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning d Not Reported Juvenile 4 litters Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Consumption of herbaceaous vegetation and water during reproduction and development of Merriam's Kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami

Author(s)
Soholt, Lars F.
Pages
445-457
Year
Issue
2
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Food Ingestion Rate see citation figure of daily food intake g/d Female Adult 4-16 captured in Clark County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets non-reproductive, lactating or gestating Laboratory
Citation:

The relation of oxygen consumption to temperature in desert rodents

Author(s)
Dawson, William R.
Pages
543-552
Year
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate 1.2 average oxygen consumption rate at 31-34C cc O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 25 captured at Lovejoy Buttes, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate OC = 3.57 + (-0.176)(T - 20.14) equation relating oxygen consumption (OC) to ambient temperature (T, 9-31C) cc O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 25 captured at Lovejoy Buttes, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Ecology of rodents in Indian Cove (Mojave Desert), Joshua Tree National Monument, California

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Bernard B. Butterworth
Pages
203-225
Year
Volume
45
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity longest recorded longevity mo Not Reported Adult 2 Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Notes on home ranges and population density of two species of heteromyid rodents in southwestern Texas

Author(s)
York, Christopher L.
Pages
42-46
Year
Volume
1
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 3.39 acres Female Adult 4 Presidio County Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 1 #/1.63 acres Male Adult Not Reported Presidio County Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Cheek pouch capacities and loading rates of heteromyid rodents

Author(s)
VanderWall, Stephen B., William S. Longland, Sanjay Pyare and Joseph A. Veech
Pages
21-28
Year
Volume
113
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Body Weight - Mean 37.4 g Both Male and Female Adult 13 Great Basin Desert, near Reno Exposure Factor Datasets 5.0 SD
Citation:

Consumption of primary production by a population of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) in the Mojave desert

Author(s)
Soholt, Lars F.
Pages
357-376
Year
Volume
43
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean range of 4 seasonal means g Not Reported Not Reported 20-42/season Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino
Citation:

Home range dynamics of rodents in a sagebrush community

Author(s)
O'Farrell, Michael J.
Pages
657-668
Year
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 0.49 annual composite home range estimated by principal component method (95% probability) ha Not Reported Not Reported 718 recapture loci Warm Springs Valley, Washoe County Exposure Factor Datasets

Pacific Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris ssp. pacificus)

Citation:

Draft recovery plan for the pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus)

Author(s)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Pages
93
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. gracilis)

Citation:

The rate of metabolism of some small mammals

Author(s)
Pearson, Oliver P.
Pages
127-145
Year
Issue
2
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Surface Area SA = 8.5 x (weight)2/3 Weight in grams multiplied by 2/3 power cm2 Not Reported Adult 2 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. rubidus)

Citation:

Metabolic characteristics of mountain, desert and coastal populations of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Murie, Martin
Pages
723-740
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 3.11 resting oxygen consumption rate at 25C cc O2/g/hr Male Not Reported 10 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.22 SE Laboratory
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