AnAge entry for Chaetophractus vellerosus

Classification (HAGRID: 02438)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cingulata
                Family: Dasypodidae
                    Genus: Chaetophractus
Species: Chaetophractus vellerosus
Common name: Screaming hairy armadillo

Maximum longevity: 16.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One specimen lived 16.2 years in captivity [0671]. Although maximum longevity could be underestimated, they could be shorter-lived than the hairy armadillo (/Chaetophractus villosus/).

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[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