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AnAge entry for Ictonyx striatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02526)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Mustelidae
                    Genus: Ictonyx
SpeciesIctonyx striatus
Common nameStriped polecat, zorilla

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity14 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizetiny
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Males only mate when they are about 2 years of age, but they may become sexually mature with less than a year of age. One wild born animal was about 14 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity304 days
Male sexual maturity393 days
Gestation36 days
Weaning79 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth15 g
Weight at weaning170 g
Adult weight910 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0361 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual101 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation, PubMed
[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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