AnAge entry for Chinchilla lanigera

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

It has been reported that these animals have bred at 15 years of age and some have lived for more than 20 years in captivity [0434], which is possible but unconfirmed. Record longevity in captivity is 17.2 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

References

[0776] Seluanov et al. (2007), Telomerase activity coevolves with body mass not lifespan, PubMed
[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
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0290] McFadden et al. (1997), Suprathreshold measures of auditory function in the aging chinchilla, PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0291] Bohne et al. (1990), Morphological correlates of aging in the chinchilla cochlea, PubMed
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0292] Bhattacharyya and Dayal (1985), Age-related cochlear hair cell loss in the chinchilla, PubMed

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