AnAge entry for Bassariscus astutus
Classification (HAGRID: 02240)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Bassariscus
- Species
- Bassariscus astutus
- Common name
- Ringtail
- Synonyms
- Bassaris astuta, Bassariscus albipes
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals probably live about 7 years. One wild born specimen was about 19 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 300 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 300 days
- Gestation
- 52 days
- Weaning
- 42 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 30 g
- Weight at weaning
- 258.7 g
- Adult weight
- 1,015 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0215 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 134%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0557] Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988), Bassariscus astutus
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
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- ITIS 180577
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- Taxonomy ID 55047
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