AnAge entry for Sorex trowbridgii
Classification (HAGRID: 03232)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
- Species
- Sorex trowbridgii
- Common name
- Trowbridge's shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. They have been estimated to live up to 1.5 years in the wild [0542].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 7.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179956
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 62906
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