AnAge entry for Sorex monticolus
Classification (HAGRID: 03229)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
- Species
- Sorex monticolus
- Common name
- Montane shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Like in other similar species, females overwinter before breeding. In the wild, they are not expected to live more than 1.5 years, which means that there is a yearly population turnover [0632].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 20 days
- Weaning
- 21 days
- Litter size
- 5.68 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.33
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6 g
- Postnatal growth rate
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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0632] Smith and Belk (1996), Sorex monticolus
- [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 179950
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 62903
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