AnAge entry for Lynx canadensis
Classification (HAGRID: 02122)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
- Species
- Lynx canadensis
- Common name
- Canada lynx
- Synonyms
- Felis lynx canadensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was about 26.8 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 498 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 573 days
- Gestation
- 63 days
- Weaning
- 152 days
- Litter size
- 3.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 204 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 10,100 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 133%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180585
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 61383
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