AnAge entry for Myosorex varius
Classification (HAGRID: 02851)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Myosorex
- Species
- Myosorex varius
- Common name
- Forest shrew
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 589
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One anecdotal report, which appears plausible, suggests that these animals may live up to 2.1 years in captivity [0589].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 309ºK or 35.8ºC or 96.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (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
- [0589] The Shrew Site
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 633717
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 389264
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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