AnAge entry for Sorex caecutiens
Classification (HAGRID: 03224)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
- Species
- Sorex caecutiens
- Common name
- Laxmann's shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 589
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Anecdotal claims, which appear plausible, suggest that these animals may live over 3 years in captivity [0589].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 6.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 5.4 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 47%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0589] The Shrew Site
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 633783
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 62276
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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