AnAge entry for Galictis vittata
Classification (HAGRID: 02173)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Galictis
- Species
- Galictis vittata
- Common name
- Greater grison
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was 12-13 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 40 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,300 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 78%
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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 621936
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 204265
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