AnAge entry for Geogale aurita
Classification (HAGRID: 01889)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Geogale
- Species
- Geogale aurita
- Common name
- Large-eared tenrec
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In captivity these animals can live more than 2.5 years [0613]. Their maximum longevity is unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 63 days
- Weaning
- 37 days
- Litter size
- 3.9 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 0.7 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6.7 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 304ºK or 30.8ºC or 87.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.0430 W
- Body mass
- 6.9 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006232 W/g
References
- [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
- [0678] Symonds (1999), Life histories of the Insectivora: the role of phylogeny, metabolism, and sex differences
- [0613] Stephenson et al. (1994), Maintenance and reproduction of tenrecs (Tenrecidae) at Parc Tsimbazaza, Madagascar
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 633492
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 176117
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