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AnAge entry for Cerdocyon thous

Classification (HAGRID: 02426)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Canidae
                    Genus: Cerdocyon
SpeciesCerdocyon thous
Common nameCrab-eating fox

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity12.7 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity274 days
Male sexual maturity274 days
Gestation55 days
Weaning90 days
Litter size4 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.9
Inter-litter interval243 days
Weight at birth140 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight6,500 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0166 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual67 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 38.2ºC or 100.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate8.5020 W
Body mass5444.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001562 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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