AnAge entry for Echinosorex gymnura

Classification (HAGRID: 02582)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Erinaceomorpha
                Family: Erinaceidae
                    Genus: Echinosorex
Species: Echinosorex gymnura
Common name: Moonrat

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. There have been, so far unverified, claims of animals living up to 7 years [0511]. One captive specimen was estimated to be 5.2 years old when it died [0671].

[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
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World