AnAge entry for Lagidium peruanum
Classification (HAGRID: 02866)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: Lagidium
- Species
- Lagidium peruanum
- Common name
- Peruvian mountain viscacha
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. One wild born specimen was about 10 years old when still living in captivity [0671]. Considering the longevity of similar species, maximum longevity could be much longer and must be considered unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 140 days
- Weaning
- 59 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 180 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
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
- [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 584705
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- Taxonomy ID 236481
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