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AnAge entry for Galidia elegans

Classification (HAGRID: 02453)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Eupleridae
                    Genus: Galidia
SpeciesGalidia elegans
Common nameMalagasy ring-tailed mongoose

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity26 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One wild born animal was about 26 years old when it died in captivity [0434].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity737 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation72 days
Weaning60 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth50 g
Weight at weaning183 g
Adult weight800 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0093 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual191 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[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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