AnAge entry for Vulpes macrotis

Classification (HAGRID: 02096)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Canidae
                    Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes macrotis
Common name: Kit fox
Synonyms: Vulpes macrotis macrotis, Vulpes macrotis mutica, Vulpes muticus, Vulpes velox mutica, Vulpes macrotis neomexicanus

Maximum longevity: 15.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: There is one report of one specimen still living after 20 years in captivity [0434]. Although not impossible, this was probably an error, and the record longevity in captivity is now considered to be 15.8 years [0671].

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[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