AnAge entry for Mammalia

Classification (HAGRID: 01887)

Observations: All studied mammals age in that they show an increase in mortality with age, physiological deterioration, and reproductive senescence [0002]. Mammals, and eutherians in particular, age somewhat uniformly, despite a large variation in rates of ageing and a huge range of lifespans [0018]. Marsupials appear to age somewhat faster than size-equivalent eutherians [0596], with some species, such as the brown antechinus (/Antechinus stuartii/), being partly semelparous. As observed in other taxa, developmental schedules correlate strongly with longevity, yet metabolic rates do not correlate with longevity [0859].

[0859] de Magalhaes et al. (2007), An analysis of the relationship between metabolism, developmental schedules, and longevity using phylogenetic independent contrasts (PubMed)
[0976] Cohen (2004), Female post-reproductive lifespan: a general mammalian trait (PubMed)
[0597] de Magalhaes and Toussaint (2002), The evolution of mammalian aging (PubMed)
[0018] Miller (1999), Kleemeier award lecture: are there genes for aging? (PubMed)
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0596] Austad (1997), Comparative aging and life histories in mammals (PubMed)
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0705] Mammal Species of the World