AnAge entry for Dasypus septemcinctus
Classification (HAGRID: 02442)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
- Species
- Dasypus septemcinctus
- Common name
- Seven-banded armadillo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
One specimen lived 16.8 years in captivity [0671]. Their maximum longevity could be underestimated because detailed longevity studies are lacking.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 274 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 132 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,475 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 112%
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
- [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
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- ITIS 624902
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