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AnAge entry for Tenrec ecaudatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02242)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Afrosoricida
                Family: Tenrecidae
                    Genus: Tenrec
SpeciesTenrec ecaudatus
Common nameTenrec

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity8.7 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity182 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation58 days
Weaning27 days
Litter size18 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.5
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth21 g
Weight at weaning225 g
Adult weight900 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0445 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual62 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature306ºK or 33.0ºC or 91.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.7290 W
Body mass650.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001122 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
[0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview, PubMed

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