AnAge Home Help Human Ageing Genomic Resources Citation

AnAge entry for Chaetophractus villosus

Classification (HAGRID: 02765)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cingulata
                Family: Dasypodidae
                    Genus: Chaetophractus
SpeciesChaetophractus villosus
Common nameHairy armadillo

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity25.2 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

There is an unverified claim of one captive animal living over 30 years.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity273 days
Male sexual maturity273 days
Gestation67 days
Weaning56 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth128 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight2,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0207 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual161 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature308ºK or 35.1ºC or 95.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate4.5080 W
Body mass4540.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.000993 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 SystemITIS 624897
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.