AnAge entry for Heterohyrax brucei

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Estimates that these animals live up to 14 years in the wild are likely overestimated [0542]. One study in the wild reported an average longevity for females of little over 4 years while males appear to live even less [0434]. Not much is known about their longevity in captivity, but one animal lived for 11.8 years [0671]. Because of these conflicting reports, maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.

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
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals

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