AnAge entry for Zaglossus bruijni

Classification (HAGRID: 02259)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Monotremata
                Family: Tachyglossidae
                    Genus: Zaglossus
Species: Zaglossus bruijni
Common name: Western long-beaked echidna, or Long-nosed echidna

Maximum longevity: 41.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Tiny
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One captive specimen at the Toronga Zoo in Sydney was still alive at 41.2 years of age [0671].

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

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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)
[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