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!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Units
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Units
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Adult Weight
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|90 - 150 (Females larger)
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
|Grams
|2.0
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per 100g
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|7.8
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!align="left"|Breeding Age (Female)
|Weeks
|6 - 10
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breeding Age (Male)
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Weeks
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|10 - 14
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!align="left"|Food Consumption
|Grams per day
|7 - 16
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Gestation Length
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|15 - 18
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!align="left"|Heart Rate
!align="left"|Heart Rate
|Beats per min
|Beats per min
|300 - 600
|250 - 500
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Gestation Length
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
|15 - 18
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!align="left"|Life Span
|Years
|1 - 3
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Litter Size
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Pups
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|4 - 12 (Extremely Variable)
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!align="left"|Oestrus Cycle
|Days
|4
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Postpartum Oestrus
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|No units
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Usually infertile
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!align="left"|Rectal Temperature
|Centigrade
|36 - 39
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Respiratory Rate
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|33 - 130
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!align="left"|Water Consumption
|No units
|Ad libitum
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Weaning Age
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|25
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{{citation
{{citation
|initiallast = Kahn
|initiallast = Unknown
|initialfirst =Cynthia M
|initialfirst =
|year = 2001
|title = Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data
|ed =
|city = Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
|year = 2005
|pub = Yale University
|title = The Merck Veterinary Manual
|range = Normative Data
|ed = Ninth Edition
|city = New Jersey, United States of America
|pub = Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited
|range = Physiology Reference Guides
}}
}}
|}
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