AnAge entry for Solenodon paradoxus
Classification (HAGRID: 03210)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Solenodontidae
Genus: Solenodon
- Species
- Solenodon paradoxus
- Common name
- Hispaniolan solenodon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen was estimated to be 12.1 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 828 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 50 days
- Weaning
- 75 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 86%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 633483
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- Taxonomy ID 79805
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