AnAge entry for Elephantulus rozeti
Classification (HAGRID: 02615)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
- Species
- Elephantulus rozeti
- Common name
- North African elephant shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 7.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 76 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 48 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 81%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 37.1ºC or 98.8ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.2880 W
- Body mass
- 49.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.005878 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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584919
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 237658
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