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AnAge entry for Procyon cancrivorus

Classification (HAGRID: 02594)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Procyonidae
                    Genus: Procyon
SpeciesProcyon cancrivorus
Common nameCrab-eating raccoon

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity19 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived for 19 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity365 days
Male sexual maturity365 days
Gestation63 days
Weaning
Litter size3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth71 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight6,270 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual102 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.0ºC or 98.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate2.5880 W
Body mass1160.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002231 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

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