AnAge entry for Macroscelides proboscideus

Classification (HAGRID: 02943)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Macroscelidea Family: Macroscelididae Genus: Macroscelides
Species	Macroscelides proboscideus
Common name	Short-eared elephant shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	8.7 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	44 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	65 days
Weaning	19 days
Litter size	1.6 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	7 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	40 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	101 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 36.2ºC or 97.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.2920 W
Body mass	39.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.007487 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 [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 584922
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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