AnAge entry for Sorex arcticus
Classification (HAGRID: 03223)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
- Species
- Sorex arcticus
- Common name
- Arctic shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
It has been suggested that, in the wild, these animals have a shorter lifespan than similar species with individuals living up to 1.5 years [0631]. Little is known about their longevity in captivity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 17 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 6.57 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.9
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 8.2 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0631] Kirkland and Schmidt (1996), Sorex arcticus
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179935
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 62898
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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