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AnAge entry for Procyon lotor

Classification (HAGRID: 02595)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Procyonidae
                    Genus: Procyon
SpeciesProcyon lotor
Common nameCommon raccoon

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity21 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In the wild these animals rarely live more than 5 years [0434]. One wild born specimen was about 21 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity365 days
Male sexual maturity365 days
Gestation63 days
Weaning91 days
Litter size4 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth80 g
Weight at weaning1,175 g
Adult weight6,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0153 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual113 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate10.4280 W
Body mass4842.2 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002154 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
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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