AnAge entry for Dasypus novemcinctus
Classification (HAGRID: 02441)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
- Species
- Dasypus novemcinctus
- Common name
- Nine-banded armadillo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been estimated to live more than 22 years [0434], and one 22.3 years old record, which seems plausible, has been reported [0610]. Still, their record longevity in captivity is reported to be only 14.8 years [0671]. Further studies are necessary.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 133 days
- Weaning
- 137 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 66 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 5,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 122%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 308ºK or 34.5ºC or 94.1ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 4.6550 W
- Body mass
- 3413.7 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.001364 W/g
References
- [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)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American 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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
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- ITIS 180103
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- Taxonomy ID 9361
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