AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Tachyoryctes splendens

Classification (HAGRID: 03411)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Muridae
                    Genus: Tachyoryctes
SpeciesTachyoryctes splendens
Common nameEast African mole rat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevityNot yet established
Observations

In the wild, these animals live about one year and up to 3.1 years [0434]. And one captive specimen lived 3.8 years [0671]. Without further longevity studies, however, their maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity150 days
Male sexual maturity180 days
Gestation40 days
Weaning35 days
Litter size1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year2.1
Inter-litter interval173 days
Weight at birth20 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight220 g
Postnatal growth rate

Metabolism

Typical body temperature309ºK or 35.9ºC or 96.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.8560 W
Body mass197.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004345 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
[0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov’s model
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction

External resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS 632771
Animal Diversity WebADW account (if available)
Encyclopedia of LifeSearch EOL
Genome ProjectSearch NCBI
Entrez

Search all databases

Entrez Taxonomy search

Ageing literature

Search Google Scholar

Search PubMed

Search Scirus

ImagesGoogle Image search
InternetSearch Google

AnAge database at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources.

If you find any missing or incorrect data, please contact us.