AnAge entry for Agouti paca

Classification (HAGRID: 03167)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Rodentia Family: Agoutidae Genus: Agouti
Species	Agouti paca
Common name	Paca
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	16.3 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One specimen lived 16.3 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	365 days
Male sexual maturity	365 days
Gestation	116 days
Weaning	78 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1.5
Inter-litter interval	191 days
Weight at birth	680 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	9,000 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0165 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	82 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	310ºK or 37.2ºC or 99.0ºF
Basal metabolic rate	15.3230 W
Body mass	9156.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.001674 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 [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 584738
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account (if available)
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