AnAge entry for Conepatus leuconotus
Classification (HAGRID: 02163)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Conepatus
- Species
- Conepatus leuconotus
- Common name
- American hog-nosed skunk, or Hog-nosed skunk
- Synonyms
- Mephitis leuconata, Mephitis leuconota
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen of the /leuconotus/ subspecies, formerly known as /Conepatus mesoleucus/, was 10.2 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Nonetheless, not much is known about the longevity of these animals and further studies are necessary to better estimate their maximum longevity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 319 days
- Gestation
- 56 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 3.4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 182 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,900 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 65%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180567
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30543
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