AnAge entry for Sorex alpinus
Classification (HAGRID: 03221)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
- Species
- Sorex alpinus
- Common name
- Alpine shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
It is estimated that these animals live about 1.3 years in the wild [0542]. Little is known about their longevity in captivity and thus maximum longevity could be underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 7.8 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.6ºC or 101.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2670 W
- Body mass
- 7.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.034231 W/g
References
- [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)
- [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 633778
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 62902
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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