AnAge entry for Echinosorex gymnura

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. There have been, so far unverified, claims of animals living up to 7 years [0511]. One captive specimen was estimated to be 5.2 years old when it died [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

References

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World

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