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AnAge entry for Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Classification (HAGRID: 02617)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Viverridae
                    Genus: Paradoxurus
SpeciesParadoxurus hermaphroditus
Common nameCommon palm civet

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity24.5 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizetiny
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 24.5 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity341 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation60 days
Weaning
Litter size3.4 (viviparous)
Litters per year2
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth88.65 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight3,100 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0087 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual146 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 36.5ºC or 97.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate5.5340 W
Body mass3282.6 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001686 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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