Reproductive biology and development in the conilurine rodents (Muridae) of Australia

Abstract

Information about breeding seasons, litter sizes, gestation periods, post-partum oestrus, oestrous cycles, and the development of the young is given for Notomys alexis, Pseudomys albocinereus, P. shortridgei and P. desertor. Some data are also given for N. cervinus, N. mitchellii, P. australis and P. novaehollandiae. Published accounts of the reproductive biology of other conilurine rodents are briefly reviewed.