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AnAge entry for Ailurus fulgens

Classification (HAGRID: 02418)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Ailuridae
                    Genus: Ailurus
SpeciesAilurus fulgens
Common nameLesser panda

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity19 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 19 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity550 days
Male sexual maturity550 days
Gestation116 days
Weaning137 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth100 g
Weight at weaning1,140 g
Adult weight4,325 g
Postnatal growth rate0.009 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual108 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate4.8980 W
Body mass5740.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.000853 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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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