AnAge entry for Blarina hylophaga
Classification (HAGRID: 03212)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Blarina
- Species
- Blarina hylophaga
- Common name
- Elliot's short-tailed shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 434
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals have reportedly lived for nearly 2.8 years [0434].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 84 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 42 days
- Gestation
- 23 days
- Weaning
- 30 days
- Litter size
- 6.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- 14.5 g
- Adult weight
- 14.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 38%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 179969
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 183659
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