AnAge entry for Pectinator spekei

Classification (HAGRID: 02571)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Ctenodactylidae
                    Genus: Pectinator
Species: Pectinator spekei
Common name: Speke's pectinator
Synonyms: Pectinator spekei meridionalis, Pectinator spekei legerae

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Little is known about these animals, but it is estimated that they may live up to 10 years in captivity [0573]. One female lived 4 years in captivity [0434].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves