AnAge entry for Dolichotis patagonum
Classification (HAGRID: 02860)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Genus: Dolichotis
- Species
- Dolichotis patagonum
- Common name
- Patagonian mara
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One captive specimen was still alive at 14.4 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 158 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 183 days
- Gestation
- 85 days
- Weaning
- 65 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 100 days
- Weight at birth
- 561.94 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 12,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 69%
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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584722
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- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 29091
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