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AnAge entry for Canis latrans

Classification (HAGRID: 02423)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Canidae
                    Genus: Canis
SpeciesCanis latrans
Common nameCoyote

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity21.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity274 days
Male sexual maturity274 days
Gestation63 days
Weaning60 days
Litter size6 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth250 g
Weight at weaning1,517 g
Adult weight13,250 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0183 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual104 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.0ºC or 98.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate19.4230 W
Body mass10148.9 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001914 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
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[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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