AnAge entry for Xerus inauris
Classification (HAGRID: 02827)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Xerus
- Species
- Xerus inauris
- Common name
- South African ground squirrel
- Synonyms
- Sciurus inauris
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive animal lived 11.5 years [0671].
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
- 310ºK or 36.8ºC or 98.2ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 1.7750 W
- Body mass
- 528.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003359 W/g
References
- [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)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632484
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 234690
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