AnAge entry for Lycaon pictus
Classification (HAGRID: 02085)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Lycaon
- Species
- Lycaon pictus
- Common name
- African wild dog
- Synonyms
- Hyaena picta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals have been estimated to live up to 17 years [0434], though record longevity in captivity is only 15.1 years [0671]. Further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Gestation
- 72 days
- Weaning
- 91 days
- Litter size
- 8 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 362 days
- Weight at birth
- 318 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 26,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 73%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 33.0100 W
- Body mass
- 8750.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003773 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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 183833
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9622
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