AnAge entry for Hemiechinus auritus

Classification (HAGRID: 02912)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Erinaceomorpha Family: Erinaceidae Genus: Hemiechinus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus
Common name	Long-eared desert hedgehog
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	7.6 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	213 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	39 days
Weaning	36 days
Litter size	4 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1
Inter-litter interval	365 days
Weight at birth	10 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	342 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	63 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	307ºK or 33.8ºC or 92.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.8450 W
Body mass	398.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.002120 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 [0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences [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 633542
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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