AnAge entry for Crocidura leucodon

Classification (HAGRID: 03214)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Soricomorpha
                Family: Soricidae
                    Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura leucodon
Common name: Bicolored shrew

Maximum longevity: 2.9 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild these animals have been estimated to live about 3 years [0542], which may be overestimated. It has been reported that they live up to 4 years in captivity [0434], which is possible but unproven. One captive specimen that lived 2.9 years remains the record longevity for this species in captivity [0671].

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves