AnAge entry for Elephantulus intufi

Classification (HAGRID: 02940)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Macroscelidea Family: Macroscelididae Genus: Elephantulus
Species	Elephantulus intufi
Common name	Long-eared elephant shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	9.3 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	335 days
Male sexual maturity	183 days
Gestation	52 days
Weaning	38 days
Litter size	1.6 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval	67 days
Weight at birth	10 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	52 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	104 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	310ºK or 37.2ºC or 99.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.2900 W
Body mass	46.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.006237 W/g
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 [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 584916
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account (if available)
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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