AnAge entry for Chrysocyon brachyurus
Classification (HAGRID: 02078)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Chrysocyon
- Species
- Chrysocyon brachyurus
- Common name
- Maned wolf
- Synonyms
- Canis brachyurus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals can live up to 16.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 64 days
- Weaning
- 227 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 368 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 21,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0116 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 74%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 183827
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- ADW account (if available)
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 68728
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