AnAge entry for Crocidura suaveolens

Classification (HAGRID: 03216)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Soricomorpha
                Family: Soricidae
                    Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura suaveolens
Common name: Lesser shrew
Synonyms: Crocidura gueldenstaedtii

Maximum longevity: 2.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 1083
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild-caught pregnant female lived 2.3 years in captivity and may have been over 3 years old at the time of death; signs of ageing in this female were irregular patches of moulting in its second year of life [1083]. It is also possible, though unverified, that these animals live up to 4 years [0610], just like similar species. Females may mate as young as 2 months of age. Males typically mate in their second year of life.

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[0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences
[1083] Werner Haberl (1993), Ecology of Austrian shrews in a wetland of the Waldviertel region (Lower Austria) and experimental studies on their behaviour
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0589] The Shrew Site