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AnAge entry for Galea musteloides

Classification (HAGRID: 03196)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Caviidae
                    Genus: Galea
SpeciesGalea musteloides
Common nameCommon yellow-toothed cavy

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity3.5 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 3.5 years [0671]. Nonetheless, maximum longevity could be underestimated.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity66 days
Male sexual maturity60 days
Gestation54 days
Weaning39 days
Litter size2.63 (viviparous)
Litters per year7
Inter-litter interval53 days
Weight at birth37.99 g
Weight at weaning136.8 g
Adult weight337.9 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0181 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual29 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.3ºC or 99.1ºF
Basal metabolic rate1.4730 W
Body mass322.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004575 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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