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AnAge entry for Tupaia belangeri

Classification (HAGRID: 03524)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Scandentia
                Family: Tupaiidae
                    Genus: Tupaia
SpeciesTupaia belangeri
Common nameNorthern tree shrew

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity11.1 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 11.1 years [0671]. There are anecdotal reports of animals living up to 14 years, but these are unconfirmed.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity
Male sexual maturity
Gestation46 days
Weaning36 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year7.5
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth10 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight200 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0351 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual101 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0605] Keuker et al. (2005), Aging is accompanied by a subfield-specific reduction of serotonergic fibers in the tree shrew hippocampal formation, PubMed
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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