裸鼹鼠——现存最古老啮齿动物的新纪录。

The naked mole rat--a new record for the oldest living rodent.

作者信息

Buffenstein Rochelle, Jarvis Jennifer U M

机构信息

Department of Biology, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.

出版信息

Sci Aging Knowledge Environ. 2002 May 29;2002(21):pe7. doi: 10.1126/sageke.2002.21.pe7.

DOI:10.1126/sageke.2002.21.pe7

PMID:14602989

Abstract

We report a new record for the world's longest-lived rodent, a male naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber). On the basis of his weight at capture, this animal was approximately 1 year old when collected near Mtito Andei, Kenya in July/August 1974. He died in April 2002, indicating that he lived for more than 28 years. As such, his life-span surpassed the previous longevity record for a rodent, which was held by a porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) that lived for 27 years and 4 months.

摘要

我们报告了一项关于世界上最长寿啮齿动物的新纪录，它是一只雄性裸鼹鼠（裸鼹鼠属）。根据捕获时的体重判断，这只动物于1974年7月/8月在肯尼亚的米蒂托安代伊附近被捕获时约1岁。它于2002年4月死亡，这表明它活了超过28年。因此，它的寿命超过了此前由一只豪猪（短尾豪猪）保持的啮齿动物长寿纪录，那只豪猪活了27年零4个月。