AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Bassariscus astutus

Classification (HAGRID: 02589)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Procyonidae
                    Genus: Bassariscus
SpeciesBassariscus astutus
Common nameRingtail

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity19 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In the wild, these animals probably live about 7 years. One wild born specimen was about 19 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity300 days
Male sexual maturity300 days
Gestation52 days
Weaning42 days
Litter size3 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth30 g
Weight at weaning258.7 g
Adult weight1,015 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0215 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual134 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0557] Poglayen-Neuwall (1988), Bassariscus astutus
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

External resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS 180577
Animal Diversity WebADW account
Encyclopedia of LifeSearch EOL
Genome ProjectSearch NCBI
Entrez

Search all databases

Entrez Taxonomy search

Ageing literature

Search Google Scholar

Search PubMed

Search Scirus

ImagesGoogle Image search
InternetSearch Google

AnAge database at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources.

If you find any missing or incorrect data, please contact us.