AnAge entry for Mammalia

Classification (HAGRID: 01541)

Observations: All studied mammals age in that they show an increase in mortality with age, physiological deterioration, and reproductive senescence [0002]. Mammals, and eutherians in particular, age somewhat uniformly, despite a large variation in rates of ageing and a huge range of lifespans [0018]. Marsupials appear to age somewhat faster than size-equivalent eutherians [0596], with some species, such as the brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), being partly semelparous. As observed in other taxa, developmental schedules correlate strongly with longevity, yet metabolic rates do not correlate with longevity [0859].

[0859] de Magalhaes et al. (2007), An analysis of the relationship between metabolism, developmental schedules, and longevity using phylogenetic independent contrasts (PubMed)
[0976] Cohen (2004), Female post-reproductive lifespan: a general mammalian trait (PubMed)
[0597] de Magalhaes and Toussaint (2002), The evolution of mammalian aging (PubMed)
[0018] Miller (1999), Kleemeier award lecture: are there genes for aging? (PubMed)
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0596] Austad (1997), Comparative aging and life histories in mammals (PubMed)
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0705] Mammal Species of the World