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AnAge entry for Procavia capensis

Classification (HAGRID: 02917)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Hyracoidea
                Family: Procaviidae
                    Genus: Procavia
SpeciesProcavia capensis
Common nameRock hyrax

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity14.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In the wild, animals have been reported to live for 8.5 years [0434]. One captive specimen lived for 14.8 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity500 days
Male sexual maturity500 days
Gestation215 days
Weaning116 days
Litter size3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth205 g
Weight at weaning500 g
Adult weight3,600 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0112 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual86 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.0ºC or 98.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate4.9540 W
Body mass2458.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002015 W/g

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
[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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