AnAge entry for Atelerix frontalis
Classification (HAGRID: 02581)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Erinaceomorpha
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Atelerix
- Species
- Atelerix frontalis
- Common name
- Southern african hedgehog
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
One specimen was still living after 6.9 years in captivity [0671]. Nonetheless, further studies are necessary to establish the maximum longevity of this species.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 37 days
- Weaning
- 36 days
- Litter size
- 5.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 10.49 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 309 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections 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
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- ITIS 633536
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